TOPEKA — Republican gubernatorial candidate Derek Schmidt waited until the filing deadline Wednesday to announce his selection of a U.S. Senate aide as his running mate in the 2022 campaign.
MCPHERSON – The historic Roundhouse at McPherson High School once again had the squeaking of basketball shoes running across its floor as the girls basketball team hosted its Team Camp Monday through Friday to help tipoff the road to the upcoming season.
MCPHERSON – It’s not the typical way that the McPherson Public Library likes to check out, but recent structural damage to the building has forced the library to close up for the next three weeks until construction has finished repairing the building.
FOSTER AGENCIES HAVE SPENT YEARS TRYING TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM SLEEPING IN OFFICES AND BOUNCING BETWEEN FOSTER HOMES, BUT THE PROBLEMS CONTINUE. TOPEKA, Kansas — Foster children still regularly sleep in offices instead of homes despite the Kansas Department for Children and Families settling a lawsuit by agreeing to end the practice.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is preparing to ship out to the states millions of COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 in the coming weeks, likely ending months of waiting for parents and caregivers.
Jack Lee Edwards, 82, of McPherson, KS, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at The Cedars, McPherson. Funeral arrangements are with Stockham Family Funeral Home, McPherson. (website: www. stockhamfamily.com)
John Joseph (Jack) Knotts, Jr., age 90, of Eureka, Kansas, passed away May 25, 2022, at Midland Hospice, Topeka, Kansas. Jack was born in Hollywood, California, on April 3, 1932, to John J. Knotts, Sr. and Esther (Dumond) Knotts.
How about we go to a garden store? Or, what if the garden store could come to you? Today we’ll meet an innovative young rural-preneur who has created a mobile system to bring vegetables, herbs, ornamentals and plant care information to the public. Renata Goossen is the founder of Renata’s Garden in her hometown of Potwin.
MCPHERSON – It may not seem possible, but the glorious return of football season is already approaching. The full pads haven’t been put on yet, but the McPherson High School football team is already preparing for the upcoming fall season by hosting their annual team camp that ran from Monday through Friday just outside the high school.
Dear Amy: My first wife, “Stacey,” and I married young. She loved me.