USDA opens state-of-the-art livestock insects research laboratory to combat livestock pests - Jun. 24, 2026
KERRVILLE, TX – The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) opened the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory. This state-of-the-art laboratory facility that will provide the U.S. cattle industry with innovative tools and...[More]
Wiper fry stocked in Linn County lakes - Jun. 24, 2026
Kansas Department of Wildlife Fisheries Biologist Don George stocked wiper fry fish into the La Cygne and Pleasanton lakes last Wednesday, June 10. He released the fish in the north end of La Cygne lake because the water was cooler there than at the main lake. It will take four summers before they are...[More]
Fishing tournament to happen July 11 - Jun. 24, 2026
Fishing Tales Bait Shop is hosting a fishing tournament, 2026 Catfish Tournament, on Saturday, July 11, 2026 at Pleasanton’s East Lake. It was originally set to take place on June 6 but due to the increasing storms, Fishing Tales Bait Shop postponed the event until July. Entry and registration...[More]
Red, White & Blue and Bulls bullfighting July 4 - Jun. 24, 2026
What started as a dream of having a bullfight in his backyard has mushroomed to nationwide bullfighting events for Dakota Knight, Lebo, Kan. Knight, husband of Brileigh (Ware) Knight, began the bull fighting/breeding operation in 2020, that after winning 3rd place in the Worlds in bull fighting in Las...[More]
Prairie View trapshooting brings home individual championships and team trophies - Jun. 24, 2026
The Prairie View trapshooting team traveled to Wichita this past weekend to compete in the 2026 Kansas State High School Clay Target League 2A State tournament. The Buffalos did very well at the event as they claimed two team State trophies. The Junior Varsity squad placed third with a score of 437....[More]
Linn Valley discusses data center tour, battery storage - Jun. 24, 2026
The Linn Valley City Council held its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 22, 2026, with Mayor Lister Potter presiding with all council members present except Council President Michael Hemphill. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance and an opening prayer by Council member John...[More]
Convicted serial killer denied clemency for death sentence - Jun. 24, 2026
On June 18, 2026, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly denied a request for clemency from John Robinson who was convicted of murder and given the death sentence in 2003. Gov. Kelly released a statement that included the following: “Kansas reinstated the death penalty in 1994, and it remains the law today....[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 24, 2026
Drought It’s hard to think of drought when our county is 29 percent over average rainfall, according to app.precip.ai/locations, 18.66 inches since Jan. 1 of this year. I reference drought because I am researching vacation destinations in the next few weeks and Colorado is somewhere I want...[More]
Inspired by Obama, here’s my “land acknowledgement” - Jun. 24, 2026
Publisher of The Anderson County Review Garnett, Kan. Inspired by President Barack Obama’s sanctimonious acknowledgment last week that his humble $850 million presidential library in Chicago was built on stolen land, I feel compelled to offer my own poignant but less verbose apology...[More]
Our Property, Not Their Loot - Jun. 24, 2026
It’s getting harder to hit innocent Coloradans over the head with civil forfeiture laws. If you live in the Rocky Mountain State and the police want to grab some of your stuff on the basis of a suspicion (or a claimed suspicion) that you have committed a crime, you’re better off today than...[More]
