BULLY PULPIT - Jan. 7, 2026
Does what he says When will people learn that Obama had a moveable red line in the sand, President Donald Trump does not. So Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro apparently didn’t know that or believe that when he told Trump to ‘come and get me.’ So, Trump did; now Maduro faces...[More]
Kelly Administration quietly releases abortion statistics in final hours of 2025 - Jan. 7, 2026
TOPEKA, KS | December 31, 2025 -- After withholding the data from public view for nearly the entire year, Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) quietly posted Kansas’ 2024 abortion statistics in the final hours of 2025. Kansans for Life issued the...[More]
ARREST REPORTS ~ Nov. 3 – 28, 2025 - Jan. 7, 2026
On 11-04-2025 Amanda Robinson was arrested in connection with a bench warrant in case LN2020CR000183 (IN202500579) On 11-05-2025 Amos Matlock was arrested in connection with a bench warrant in case LN2022CR000150 (IN202500581) On 11-07-2025 Brayden Miller was arrested in connection with a bench warrant...[More]
Heartland REC expands Future Foundations Scholarship Program to 12 awards - Jan. 7, 2026
GIRARD, Kan. — Applications are now open for the 2026 Future Foundations Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships of $1,000 each to high school seniors who live in homes served by Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative and are preparing for careers in high-demand fields. This year...[More]
Call for Entries: Bourbon County Arts Council Fine Art Exhibit 2026 - Jan. 7, 2026
The Bourbon County Arts Council announces its Call for Entries for the 34th Annual Fine Arts Competition and Exhibit, to be held at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the campus of Fort Scott Community College, Thursday, March 5, through Saturday, March 14. The mixed media competition...[More]
CHC/SEK announces new pharmacy residency program - Jan. 7, 2026
PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) has expanded its graduate medical education offerings with the addition of a community-based pharmacy residency program. CHC/SEK, with a long-standing commitment to clinical education, also offers a family medicine...[More]
Kansas Soybean Commission confirms next year’s checkoff funding decisions - Jan. 7, 2026
Market development and production research remain top priorities Kansas Soybean Commissioners met in early December to hear funding proposals and establish the budget for the 2027 fiscal year, which runs July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. The board of volunteer farmer-leaders worked through 39 funding...[More]
KDA reminds poultry owners of HPAI risk - Jan. 7, 2026
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Over the last three years, an ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has threatened poultry flocks in Kansas and across the nation, primarily spread by wild waterfowl. The fall again brought a resurgence of the virus detected in wild birds across the state,...[More]
WTAS: Nation’s farmers, producers, and ag leaders praise President Trump’s Farmer Bridge Assistance Program - Jan. 7, 2026
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today highlighted the outpouring of support from governors, commodity groups, farm bureaus, and agriculture industry leaders across the country following President Trump’s announcement of $12 billion in Farmer Bridge Assistance...[More]
Eagles and Treasures - Jan. 7, 2026
Right now in the Ozarks, there are eagles everywhere, and each spring more and more of them nest here. If you spend a lot of time outdoors, you know where eagles nest, and it is very easy to see them. I found a new eagles nest this week, and counted about a dozen different birds, about half of them immature. Last...[More]
