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Sluggin’ Rebels first to beat Bat Cats in league play

The unbeaten run of the Great Bend Bat Cats came to an end Sunday night at Klein-Scott Field as the Newton Sluggin’ Rebels claimed a 6-2 win in Sunflower Collegiate League play. Newton scored in the first inning when Bailyn Sorensen grounded out to drive in a run.

Be prepared

Due to the Russia/Ukraine War, and U.S. economic sanctions that have been levied against Russia by Biden, it’s possible that Russia will attack America via cyber warfare just as they’ve done to Ukraine.

Uncontested races silence Kansas voters

Democracy doesn’t work without choice. Half of Kansas House races this November will feature candidates running unopposed, meaning that voters across the state won’t be able to make the fundamental choice of who represents them in Topeka.

EXPLAINER: Title IX update faces polarized challenges

At least 19 states now either bar or limit participation in sports by transgender athletes, who are at the center of a polarizing, politicized debate, even though only a fraction of them are believed to be among America’s 8.5 million high school and college athletes.

World swimming bans transgender athletes from women’s events

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events, starting Monday. FINA members widely adopted a new “gender inclusion policy” on Sunday that only permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events.

Amish cook:

Hello to all of big sister Gloria’s special friends! It’s an honor to share a few words with you this week. From a brother’s perspective, I want to give each one of you a heartfelt thank you! And that for the outpouring of love and care that have flowed into that mailbox on the corner of a small gravel road in rural Illinois. Our hearts have felt like they might never beat quite right again after that tearing loss. But wait, it was God who created us in the first place. So we can be sure that He knows how to heal us.

In Brief

Dems to meet Harvey County Democrats will host a Meet and Greet event for State Attorney General Candidate Chris Mann, from 3 to 4 p.m. June 25 in the Krehbiel Park at the Carriage Factory Gallery, 128 East 6th Street, in Newton.