Schools close due to winter storm
More than 130 schools are closed today due to the wintry weather besieging Kansas. One of those schools is Western Plains Unified School District 106, […]
KHP reports 24 accidents Sunday
A quick look at the Kansas Highway Patrol’s Web site and it is clear that Sunday’s icy conditions wrecked havoc on the Sunflower State. On […]
Cartoon: street journalist
Twitter.com is a great place to find cool, interesting and funny things. I stumbled upon this one the other day. As a journalist with a […]
Athletic apathy spurs coaches to make a change
The Western Plains Bobcats are still relatively new to the towns of Bazine and Ransom, Kan. It was less than 10 years ago that the […]
Mangino resigns
University of Kansas football head coach Mark Mangino has resigned from the Jayhawk gridiron program, according to KUSports.com. KUSports.com said because an agreement was reached […]
Las Vegas Sun combining print, web operations
The Las Vegas Sun, which operates as a joint-operating-agreement under the Las Vegas Review-Journal, has long maintained two, completely separate print and online operations, including […]
Hawks’ season ends, Mangino still up in the air
On Saturday, the University of Kansas Jayhawks let a win over the University of Missouri trickle down their legs. Pinned back against their own end […]
Newsy Bits Next To The Giblets: Posts I read during Thanksgiving
The Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday is always busy. Some people are taking part in the Cyber Monday insanity, but me personally, I’m trying to […]
Christmas decorations comes to Ransom
From My roommate, Western Plains U.S.D. 106 second and third grade teacher Travis Schafer, and I are getting into the Christmas spirit. On our way […]
Masses support Mangino
Even as University of Kansas Football Head Coach Mark Mangino‘s termination seems eminent, people are still supporting the coach who is accused of poking senior […]
Doris M. Fensky Shaw, 86
Doris Marjorie Fensky Shaw died unexpectedly the morning of Nov. 21 at her home in Moundridge. She was 86. Funeral services took place at 11 […]
Political Editor makes song about copy editor layoffs
Nowadays all you hear is about how print journalism is dying, and though I don’t necessarily buy that notion (I think it is just changing, […]