MCPHERSON, Kansas – If you were to ask around the city of McPherson – which is widely nicknamed the ‘basketball capital of Kansas’ – they’d tell you there’s something unexplainable about playing in the historic Roundhouse on the campus of McPherson High School. In fact, it can only be summed up by two words: Roundhouse magic.
NEWTON, Kansas – The Tournament of Champions, hosted annually by Newton High School, is arguably the most prestigious mid-season tournament in Kansas high school boys wrestling. Just 33 teams competed in it this past Friday and Saturday.
MCPHERSON, Kansas – On Wednesday, McPherson County, the McPherson Center for Health, and USD 418 released memos to the media regarding the county’s updated COVID-19 statistics. “As of January 2022, we have reported 1,124 cases of COVID-19,” the county memo noted.
January is, on average, the coldest month of the year. And that means one thing.
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack faced questions on how his agency is doling out emergency pandemic aid and fostering collaboration with historically Black colleges during a Thursday hearing before the House Agriculture Committee.
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Several brush fires in rural Chase and Lyon counties this week were arson, fire officials said.
“I didn’t know he had it in him.” How many times have you heard this statement after someone earned an achievement? When a young Bruce Springsteen attended school as a boy in Freehold, New Jersey, he felt he didn’t fit inside the box. He said in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning a couple years ago, “I was probably one of the smartest kids in my class at the time.
RUSH COUNTY– A 61-year-old man from La Crosse, Kan., was found dead in his home Friday morning and authorities are investigating the death as a homicide. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and Rush County Sheriff ’s Office are investigating the death of a male from LaCrosse, Kan.
Dear Readers, I was raised to accept Kansas weather changes unconditionally. “If you don’t like it, wait five minutes” was the response to any whimper of being hot or cold.
Stephen Alton “Sam” McDaniel, age 56, of McPherson, KS, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022. Arrangements are with Glidden-Ediger Funeral Home, McPherson.