BOE offers j-teaching contract
Put on your dancing shoes and your party hat because it has finally happened! I’m going to be a teacher! Monday night the Western Plains […]
Kansas
Superintendent search nearly finished
Thursday I wrote about how the Western Plains Unified School District 106 superintendent, Kerry Lacock, was leaving and how I was sad to see him […]
Front Page Friday: The Daily Union
It is that time of the week again. It is time to look at my favorite newspaper front page of the week. As always, I […]
Western Plains superintendent set to leave
Western Plains Unified School District No. 106 superintendent (and high school principal and teacher) Kerry Lacock is leaving The Bobcat Nation. He has taken a […]
Governor signs Shield Law
Near the end of March, the Kansas Legislature passed a Shield Law for reporters and journalists. This was a great step and something that is […]
WPHS gets coverage in Hutch News
You know this Honor Flight a few Western Plains High School students are participating in that I’ve been talking about? Well, they left Wednesday, and […]
WPHS students blogging Honor Flight trip
On Wednesday, Western Plains High School students Beth Lutters (junior), Trista Jenner (senior), Chase Rein (junior), and Jared Stieben (junior), along with WPHS teacher Debbie […]
Vogts arrives back in Ransom
As you probably know by now, I had shoulder surgery on Friday, and after spending a few days in Canton, Kan., at my parents’ home […]
KS Legislature passes Shield Law
It has finally happened. The Kansas Legislature Tuesday passed a Shield Law, which will “give journalists limited protection against being forced to identify unnamed sources […]
Victims testify in Inman Police Chief case
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 […]
Fired reporter wins awards
Claire O’Brien, a former reporter for the Dodge City Daily Globe, was fired recently after she made comments about The Globe’s parent company, GateHouse Media, […]
Shoulder surgery postponed
Recently I have been writing a lot about my shoulder and the surgery it requires. I was supposed to have that surgery Wednesday at 6 […]