State Fair showcases Kansas while offering opportunities to learn, eat
There’s only one place where in one day you can watch a chicken get a bath, see calves being born, ride a train, race down […]
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Kansas musician Kelley Hunt to perform community concert in Moundridge
MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. — An old, beat-up piano sat in the garage of her Emporia home. It used to be a player piano, but the mechanism […]
New roles added to list of duties
Recently my peers at Sterling College elected me as an undergraduate faculty representative for the institution’s faculty council. In this position, I will serve a […]
Celebrate community journalism, welcome Santa Fe Way to town
Even though COVID-19 has, according to reporting from Kristen Hare at the Poynter Institute, forced the closure of at least 70 newsrooms across the country, […]
Wilson, Observer staff win KCM awards
Sterling College journalism racked up more recognition recently by securing victories in the Kansas Collegiate Media Contest. Junior Taya Wilson, of Sterling, came away as […]
New community media outlet set to debut in Canton, Galva
At the community Easter Egg hunt in Canton, someone was walking around and taking pictures of the children participating in the fun. The woman said […]
Vaccination hopefully heralds normalcy’s return despite COVID-19 pandemic
What a weird year. What a tragic year. What a historic year. Certainly, no one will forget what we all have experienced and continue to […]
Sterling High School takes 2nd in 2020 2A State Journalism
On May 2 Sterling High School took second place in the 2A classification as they competed in the Kansas Scholastic Press Association State Contest, which […]
Sterling College journalists win KCM awards
Sterling College student journalists recently won several awards in the 2020 Kansas Collegiate Media Publications Award Contest. Junior Darren Porche, of Houston, sophomore Taya Wilson, […]
Sterling High School journalists receive award for courage
When the Sterling High School journalism program’s future was thrust into uncertainty by the elimination of long-time journalism adviser Todd Vogts, the Sterling Student Publications […]
2020 session of KS Boys State canceled due to COVID-19
For a week in June, I’m usually on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, volunteering for the American Legion Boys State of […]
COVID-19 upends life
The COVID-19 global pandemic, also know as the novel coronavirus, has thrust the world into a historic and frightening time. It is changing everything about […]