Hearing for accused Inman police chief rescheduled
Inman Police Chief Mike Leland Akins Jr. is accused of abusing three girls and one boy, all under the age of 14, and the alleged […]
NYT planning to charge for frequent use of Web site
On Wednesday, The New York Times announced it already has a 2011 New Year’s resolution: charge frequent users of its Web site. An article on […]
Online journalism dubbed Fifth Estate
The press in the United States and abroad has long been referred to as the Fourth Estate. The term was seemingly coined by Scottish writer […]
Today isn’t a good day for progress
The weather outside is getting warmer, so the ground is thawing, creating a muddy mess of any non-paved surface. The tires of my truck spin […]
Front Page Friday: The Las Vegas Sun
Everyday I browse through newspaper front pages from around the country and the world via Newseum.org. Recently, I have been taking in all the pages […]
Inman police chief accused of child sex
For a year, starting in 2008 and finishing in 2009, I worked as the editor and one-man-operator of The Ledger newspaper, which serves Moundridge and […]
Greensburg Rebirth magazine released
On May 4, 2007, an EF-5 nearly wiped the small, western Kansas town of Greensburg off the map. Media outlets from across the state and […]
McGwire admits to steroid use, but so what?
Monday Mark McGwire, former St. Louis Cardinals slugger and the man who hit 70 home runs during the 1998 season to break Roger Maris’ 37-year-old […]
NY Times turns blog over to CUNY
In March 2009, The New York Times launched a blogging experiment by debuting two blogs they called The Local blogs. One covered New York’s Fort […]
Friend starts blogging in 2010
A friend of mine, Rebecca Windle, teaches fourth and fifth grade at the Western Plains Elementary School in Ransom, Kan., which is where I now […]
17-year-old Texan had his mother killed
There is a pretty sick story unfolding in Texas. The Houston Chronicle is reporting that 17-year-old Danish Moazzam Minhas paid a classmate at Lee High […]
Happy birthday, Elvis
Many of you may or may not know this, but I’m a huge Elvis Presley fan. In my parents’ home, I have a wall of […]