The Kansan Staff Railer netters 7th at state ANDOVER — The Newton High School girls’ tennis team ended the season with a seventh-place team finish at the Class 5A state tournament Friday and Saturday at the Andover District Tennis Center. Andover won the team title with 37 points, followed by crosstown rival Andover Central at 30, Salina Central at 27, Bishop Carroll at 26 and Topeka Seaman at 24.
“70 Years of Blackness” Documentary Screening with Verda Byrd: 7 p.m. Nov. 15. Newton High School graduate Dr. Verda Wagner Byrd has lived her life as a Black woman, one of the first Black children to be admitted to the Newton Municipal Pool in her childhood - a childhood lived in Newton as a child adpoted by a Black family in the days of segregation.
The credit card compeition act The Credit Card Competition Act is a bipartisan win for KS restaurants and retailers There’s been a lot of misinformation spread about the Credit Card Competition Act introduced by Sen. Marshall.
Key Words: gubernatorial election, parental involvement in education, transparency, parents’ rights. When asked about K12 education in the last gubernatorial debate between Democrat Governor Laura Kelly and Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the responses zeroed in on “parents’ rights.” Schmidt announced, if elected, he would support a parents’ rights bill. Kelly opposed, having vetoed comparable legislation. Both Schmidt and Kelly were following the lead of their national parties. Republicans made parental rights a talking point in the fall elections and introduced a Parents’ Bill of Rights in Congress. Democrats quickly voiced opposition.
Class 3A, District 6 Hesston 43, Chapman 22 CHAPMAN – Hudson Ferralez passed for three touchdowns and Tyrone Taylor rushed for three touchdowns as the Hesston Swathers topped the Chapman Irish 43-22 Friday in district play in Chapman. Hesston led 24-14 at the half.
WICHITA — The Bethel College men’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth by the coaches and third by the media in the KCAC pre-season polls taken by the coaches and media at the KCAC Media Day Thursday. Defending champion Oklahoma Wesleyan was picked to repeat in both polls.
Three gymnasts compete at meet SHAWNEE MISSION — Three members of the Newton High School gymnastics team competed Thursday at the Shawnee Mission South All-Around Invitational. No team scores were kept at the meet.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Almost all of Kansas and nearly half of Missouri are in severe enough drought to activate a federal program meant to help ranchers who have lost grazing acres for their herds, triggering millions of dollars in assistance.
TOPEKA — A court process that keeps criminal charges off someone’s record can charge hundreds of dollars for the possibility of a clean slate. Critics say some Kansas courts that charge heavily to cover the costs of diversion programs make a twotiered system of justice favoring the rich. But cities and counties that run the programs say they do what they can to make it accessible.
Editor’s Note: This story is being reprinted with new photos, the Kansan sourced an incorrect photo of Floyd Garnett. Thank you to his family for submitting new images.