Bethel women battle in OT loss
Combat sports terms are often used as a metaphor in college basketball, but at times, it looked like a real fight between the Bethel College women and Avila in the regular-season finale Saturday at Thresher Gym.
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Man charged after 2 people shot to death in Wichita
WICHITA (AP) — A man is facing two counts of first-degree murder after two people were shot to death at a Wichita home. Brandon Prouse Jr., 20, was charged Friday and his bond was set at $1 million.
GOP hopes to save plan to limit Kansas agencies’ regulations
TOPEKA (AP) — Top Republicans hope to revive a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would make it easier for the GOP-controlled Legislature to overturn state agencies’ regulations. The House voted 80-33 this week to approve the measure, leaving supporters four votes short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage.
Four people from Texas die in rollover crash on icy highway
LINN COUNTY (AP) — Four people from Texas died when their pickup truck hit an icy patch on a highway about 75 miles south of Kansas City and rolled. The Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash happened Friday morning along U.S.
Kansas man pleads guilty in death of 3-year-old daughter
KANSAS CITY (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to killing his 3-year-old daughter, whose body was found in a wooded area of Kansas City, Kansas, in July 2020. Howard Jansen III, 30, pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder, three counts of aggravated endangerment of a child, one count of abuse of a child and one count of interference with law enforcement, KSHB-TV reported.
Amish Cook: Breakfast is the Whole Enchilada
Breakfast menus are on my hit list. What is better than fresh, steaming pancakes or buttery biscuits straight from the oven topped with sausage gravy? My mom had a breakfast specialty: Gold Rush Brunch, which she would make with layers of scrambled eggs, sausage, cheese sauce and shredded potatoes. Then there were those rare occasions when we children cheered with delight when she made an egg in a nest for each of us. Some morning we had homemade or store boughten cereals. To us, homemade chocolate cake and chopped strawberries was a hit with almost any cereal.
Prairie Doc Perspectives: Choose Behaviors That Reduce Cancer Risk
Cancer is a broad term which encompasses many different diseases, and each type of cancer has different patterns and tendencies. But at its core, cancer means a group of cells which is growing uncontrollably, due to one or multiple genetic mutations.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Let teachers teach When our teachers are not allowed to discuss and teach the facts of our nation’s history to their students we destroy the very foundations of this democracy; we become not a democratic society but a puppet society. And who pulls the strings? What is it about our history that so terrifies these politicians? We cannot possibly correct what we cannot recognize.
Don’t generalize about the Jan. 6 protestors
Most people learn early on the dangers of generalizing. Poet William Blake put it bluntly several hundred years ago: “To generalize is to be an idiot.” For some reason the lesson doesn’t stick.
Education Frontlines: Illiterate Listeners
– John Richard Schrock has trained biology teachers for more than 30 years in Kansas. He also has lectured at 27 universities in 20 trips to China. He holds the distinction of “Faculty Emeritus” at Emporia State University.