In Brief
Early voting continues Advance and early voting continues this week at the Harvey County Courthouse. In addition to early voting at the courthouse, registered voters may apply for an Advance Ballot by Mail.
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As fentanyl drives overdose deaths, mistaken beliefs persist
Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids ingrained in the nation’s illicit drug supply are killing more people in the U.S. than any other drug has.
Main Street project to be completed soon
The months of orange cones dotting Main Street/K-15 from Fourth Street to South 14th Street are nearly over. According to city staff, Cornejo and Sons, which won the bid for the project in June, is set to overlay the outside traffic lanes this week.
BC blanks Tabor in second half for win
HILLSBORO — It was almost, as Yogi Berra once said, “Déjà vu all over again,’ for the Bethel College football team while facing the Tabor Bluejays Saturday in KCAC play at Joel Wiens Stadium in Hillsboro. Up two scores, the Threshers gave up a turnover that led to a touchdown just before the half.
Area prep football playoffs
Class 3A Hesston 34, Marysville 14 HESSTON — Hudson Ferralez passed for 212 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Hesston Swathers to a 34-15 win over Marysville Friday in the Class 3A playoffs in Hesston. The Swathers led 15-0 at the half and 2207 after three quarters.
Five in double figures as BC men win opener
ESPANOLA, N.M. — The Bethel College men’s basketball team opened the season Friday by putting five players in double figures to claim an 89-76 win over Northern New Mexico in Espanola.
Donald Dean Quiring
Donald Dean Quiring, 89, died on October 23, 2022, at his home in Newton, Kansas. He was born on July 8, 1933, in Cimmaron, Kansas, the son of Frank and Katherine Quiring.
Why two down-ballot races will shift the Kansas education agenda
Voters in Northeast Kansas will soon decide the shape of the Kansas State Board of Education for the next two years. Candidates chosen by statewide primaries in August have set the stage for a general election that may alter the way KSDE has operated for, at least, the past 10 years and impact all Kansas schools.
Insight Kansas: Voters should scrutinize Schmidt, Kobach’s history
This election season, Governor Laura Kelly and her allies have relentlessly worked to tie her opponent Derek Schmidt to former Governor Sam Brownback, particularly the unpopular cuts to education funding. Yet far more can be gleaned about Schmidt’s character from his relationship with Kris Kobach.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Credit card competition act Congress must pass Sen. Marshall’s Credit Card Competition Act.