Vapes, or e-cigarettes, have been a challenge for Newton High School students and administrators for years. It was the electronic devices used as a replacement for cigarettes that motivated students to approach the Newton City Commission in 2019 seeking a T-21 ordinance - a measure to raise the legal age for purchase of tobacco products.
Before I go on, let me clarify. Cowboys weren’t called cowboys in this country until the early 1870s. Before that ranch workers were known as herders and those who drove cattle to market were called drovers, just as in Scotland (or Wales). “Cowboy” early on during the Revolutionary War was the term for cattle thieves.
WICHITA — When NAIA All-American Jaylon Scott headed east to NCAA Division I College of Charleston for his COVID year, he passed the baton of leadership to Bethel fifth-year seniors Clifford Byrd II and Bryant Mocaby. Byrd II picked up that baton Wednesday, scoring 23 points with eight assists, five rebounds and five steals to lead the Threshers to an 81-76 win over Friends in the KCAC opener for both teams.
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Mark Schnabel: SportsSpeak Last Sunday, was a bad day for the Bethel College football team. After a 9-1 season and winning a share of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference for the third straight year, the Threshers were left sitting home when the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced its playoff pairings.
Santa Bootcamp 7 p.m., 11:01 p.m. on LIFE When event planner Emily Strauss (Emily Kinney) is hired by mall magnate Ed Mancini (Patrick Cassidy) to stage the ultimate Christmas Gala for his most important investors, she finds herself being sent to Santa Bootcamp in order to find the perfect Santa — and for inspiration she will need to make the evening a success. While there, Emily meets Belle (Rita Moreno), the bootcamp’s drill sergeant, who helps Emily rediscover the magic of Christmas and find romance along the way in this 2022 holiday movie.
2022 American Music Awards 7 p.m. on KAKE It’s hard to believe but it’s been 50 years since the legendary Dick Clark created the first American Music Awards show making it one of the longest continually broadcast award shows.
All American: Homecoming 8 p.m. on KSCW Marcus (Cory Hardrict) tasks Damon (Peyton Alex Smith) and JR (Sylvester Powell) with hosting a potential top baseball recruit, but unexpected tension between the two messes things up. Meanwhile, Simone’s (Geffri Maya) interest in joining a sorority grows because she’s still not getting the sisterhood bond she craves from the tennis team. Nate (Rhoyle Ivy King) puts a more inclusive spin on an annual Black History Month event that not everyone is thrilled about in the new episode “Free Your Mind.”
American Masters 8 p.m., 12 a.m. on KPTS This new documentary film examines the remarkable story of Indigenous artist Buffy Sainte-Marie as she rises to prominence in New York’s Greenwich Village folk music scene in the 1960s and blazes a ground-breaking path as an Oscar-winning singer-songwriter (for the song “Up Where We Belong” from “An Officer and a Gentleman”), social activist, educator and artist in the new episode “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On.”
7 p.m. on KSNW On the eve of the famed Thanksgiving Day parade, viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at the incredible stories behind the floats, balloons, performances and bands on their journey to the streets of New York.