Remember those who died in Challenger disaster
Forty years ago, it only took 73 seconds for a historic achievement to become a historic tragedy. On Jan. 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger exploded […]
Victorian Tea and Treasures to close, ending 42 years of Cheryl Everhart owning a business on Canton’s Main Street
CANTON, KS — It’s the end of an era for Canton. When the calendar turns to 2026, scones will go unbaked, and tea will go […]
Big Brothers, Big Sisters looks to expand in McPherson County, Clark chooses to serve
CANTON, KS — McPherson-native Maddie Clark has an older brother, but now, at 27 years old, she also has a younger sister. A teller at […]
Ponder the penny’s power when purchasing presents this year
Despite rising costs and general economic uncertainty, the National Retail Federation is projecting that U.S. holiday spending will exceed $1 trillion this year, which is […]
November travel season brings to mind Bly’s voyage
Thanks to child-like bickering between our elected officials, the United States government shut down on Oct. 1. Though the impacts of this are wide-ranging, travel […]
‘Rocky Horror’ continues to entertain, inspire after 50 years
It’s time. It’s time to do the time warp again. And this year, we all need to put a little extra pizzazz into our moves […]
Murder becomes theoretically legal in ‘Zone of Death’
Yellowstone National Park, created as the nation’s first national park in 1872, covers 2.2 million acres of the country’s most picturesque landscape where, according to […]
Clawback of federal funding for public media damages communities, democracy
I grew up on the street — “Sesame Street.” I stopped by “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” and took a ride on the “Reading Rainbow.” I imagined […]
Stock tanks make great pools, memories
Growing up in the country meant a lot of things during the summer. There were plenty of books for me to read, and my brother […]
Fake books on summer reading list highlight pitfalls of AI, embarrass journalism
I wish the rise of the machines would happen and artificial intelligence (AI) would get to enslaving humanity. Either that, or we humans need to […]
Vogts wins 2025 ISWNE/Huck Boyd research paper competition
For the second year in a row, Todd R. Vogts, Ph.D., recently received scholarly accolades. On May 2, Vogts was notified that he had won […]
Mastin, Gibbs win 2025 KCM awards
Sterling College journalism garnered state-wide recognition recently by securing victories in the 2025 Kansas Collegiate Media Contest. Tod Mastin, a junior from Oberlin, and recent […]