Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill allowing autonomous vehicles to operate on Kansas roads and vetoed legislation restricting public health officials’ response to all infectious disease outbreaks, a mandate imposing a no-bid contract for Medicaid services and limitations on the executive branch’s enforcement of election law.
TOPEKA — Attorney General Derek Schmidt began proceedings Monday asserting to the Kansas Supreme Court that new boundaries for Kansas House and Senate districts violated no law. He urged them to look at the product, not the process, when determining validity of the map.
MCPHERSON – On Tuesday, April 19, McPherson lost a 14-0 contest against Newton in a five-inning run rule. That, however, was not how this senior squad and team was going to finish out the season as that loss to Newton would McPherson’s last of the regular season and the Bullpups have reeled off 10 straight wins, with the latest two coming from a sweep on senior day.
The “Covid-Graders” walk in the parade after not being able to sit on the floats for their elementary schools after Covid-19 shut the parade down for two years. Photo by Joel Muhs The Moundridge royalty looks to the crowd from their float.
MOUNDRIDGE, Kansas – There are many ways for one to express him or herself, but one of the more popular ways over the years has been through art. For Moundridge High School, however, Covid-19 has put a halt to the students making that expression on a public scale until this school year.
The youth girls (left side of photo) and the McPherson High School girls soccer team (right side of photo) line up following the annual Youth Girls Soccer Clinic that was held at the high school Tuesday afternoon. The event was initially supposed to be held on Wednesday May 4th, but was rescheduled due to weather. Girls from kindergarten through eighth grade were able to attend the event, with a total of 60 girls showing up. Photos by Joel Muhs
MCPHERSON – The regular season for the McPherson High School girls soccer team was full of many twists and turns along the way. Down the stretch, however, those twists and turns started to form a straight path for a team that was finding its chemistry at the right time of the season. That path got a little bit straighter Thursday night, as the Bullpups used a dominant performance on senior night to extend their winning streak to seven games by beating Salina South 6-1.
LITTLE RIVER – Closing out the 2022 regular season with a clean sweep of a doubleheader at against Ellinwood, winning 10-3 and 5-4, the Little River baseball team secured themselves the number one seed at next weeks state regionals in Brookville.
CANTON – Inman and Canton/Galva resided on the west and east sides of McPherson County and when the two meet up it will likely be a battle and on Tuesday, they collided on the baseball diamond where the two teams split a doubleheader with the Eagles scoring a late inning 3-2 win in game one before the Teutons took a 13-11 victory in the nightcap.
(Our series of “Profiles of McPherson County Business Leaders” highlights Murray McGee) MOUNDRIDGE – We look to introduce you to our latest ‘Profile of McPherson County Business Leaders’ with a look at the City Administrator for Moundridge, Murray McGee, a man who strives daily to sustain the community while looking for ways to help it continue to grow towards the future. Murray McGee has worked with for the City of Moundridge since September of 2015 when he became their Economic Development Director and Chamber of Commerce Director, a position he held until being appointed Interim City Administrator in August of 2020 and permanent City Administrator as of January 1, 2021.