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 […]
Local fire truck up for sale
The Ransom, Kan., City and Nevada Township Fire Department is selling one of its trucks. And it looks like a gem. It is being sold […]
Skiff Reader looks pretty sweet
Sprint, provider of cellular phone and other mobile services, is partnering with Skiff, a company that provides E-reading solutions that includes its own service platform, […]
Vogts offered football coaching contract
At Monday night’s Western Plains Unified School District 106 Board of Education meeting, held in Ransom at Western Plains High School, the board again visited […]
Top 10 resolutions for 2010
The year of 2009 ended on a considerable down note. I work at Western Plains High School as a paraeducator and an assistant boys’ basketball […]
WPHS 2010-11 football schedule released
The 2010-2011 Western Plains High School football schedule has been released. To see it, check out the 2010-11 football schedule page or see the list […]
WPHS senior dies in truck wreck
A one-vehicle accident occurred in Ness County early Sunday morning that resulted in one fatality. According to Kansas Highway Patrol reports, Joshua Dean Stieben, 18 […]
Interactive painting symbolizes U.S.
This is a screen-shot of “One Nation Under God.” It is an interactive picture drawn by McNaughton Fine Art Company. By hovering over different portions […]