Mastin, Gibbs win 2025 KCM awards
Sterling College journalism garnered state-wide recognition recently by securing victories in the 2025 Kansas Collegiate Media Contest. Tod Mastin, a junior from Oberlin, and recent […]
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Vogts takes 3rd in KPA’s 2024 column writing contest
For the second year in a row, Todd Vogts brought home hardware in the “2024 Awards of Excellence” competition hosted by the Kansas Press Association. […]
Marion County Record saga continues
Nearly a year ago government officials assaulted the First Amendment on the Kansas Plains when they illegally raided the office of the Marion County Record […]
Email spam anniversary brings value of newsletters to mind
Thank you, Gary Thuerk. If it weren’t for you I wouldn’t know about all the options I have for weight loss, the number of Nigerian […]
Gibbs wins 2024 KCM awards
Sterling College journalism garnered state-wide recognition recently by securing victories in the 2024 Kansas Collegiate Media Contest. Senior Shaylee Gibbs, of Amarillo, Texas, came away […]
Heinous attack on free press demonstrated by Marion County Record raid
EDITOR’S NOTE: A more in-depth version of this column was published previously under the headline “Free press attacked in heinous raid of Marion County Record […]
Free press attacked in heinous raid of Marion County Record newsroom
News of law enforcement officers raiding a newspaper office sounds like something that happens in Russia, North Korea, China, Egypt, or any other country under […]
Vogts takes 2nd in KPA column writing contest
Since 2021 when The Santa Fe Way launched, Todd Vogts has been writing a column that appears in each issue of the newspaper, which comes […]
Diss. Done: Doctoral Degree Earned
My handwriting is notoriously bad. I have penmanship that causes people to say things like, “With those scribbles, you should have been a doctor.” Now […]
Gibbs brings home KCM contest victories
Sterling College journalism garnered recognition recently by securing four victories in the 2023 Kansas Collegiate Media Contest. Junior Shaylee Gibbs, of Amarillo, Texas, came away […]
All But Done: Doctoral journey enters new phase
I’m all but done. As promised, the end of May marked the completion of my doctoral coursework. This puts me within spitting distance of completing […]
Wilson, Gibbs lead Observer staff in KCM awards wins
Sterling College journalism garnered recognition recently by securing 18 victories in the 2022 Kansas Collegiate Media Contest. Junior Taya Wilson, of Sterling, and sophomore Shaylee […]