On Aug. 2, over 900,000 Kansas voters bustled to local election offices in what would come to be a record-breaking turnout for the state’s primary elections. On the ballot, Kansans faced a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would have effectively remove the right to an abortion. Voters overwhelmingly…
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Racist Homecoming sign sparks outrage in greater Kansas City community
Over the weekend of Sept. 24, 2021, a photo took the Olathe and Kansas City community by storm, prompting district and city-wide calls to action in preventing instances of racist speech or expression. The photo detailed two white students holding a sign stating, “If I was black, I would be…
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Local Election Update
The election cycle is heating up in the closing weeks before election day – especially in several key races in Missouri and Kansas. In Missouri, Republican Gov. Mike Parson is holding a steady lead over Democratic challenger Nicole Gallaway. A poll from St. Louis University has Parson with a six-point…
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Medicaid Expansion “top priority” for Kansas legislature
The Following is Part One in a two-part series on Medicaid Expansion Last year, Democrat Laura Kelly was elected Governor of Kansas promising, among other things, to expand the state’s Medicaid program under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. However, while Medicaid Expansion passed the State House of Representative…
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Featured Hometown: Abilene, Kansas
You have probably not heard of Abilene, Kansas. It is a small, tranquil town of a little more than 6,000 people in central Kansas. If anyone has traveled on I-70 on the way to Colorado, they would have passed right by it. Otherwise, there is little reason for those outside…
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Psychiatrist loses Kansas license, still allowed to practice in Missouri
A doctor accused of having sex with several of his patients and exploiting another patient for economic gain is still allowed to practice in Missouri – even after the suspension of his Kansas license. Brian Patrick Lahey, the accused doctor, is a psychiatrist in Overland Park. Lahey received his medical…
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Featured Hometown: Topeka, Kansas
Like seemingly every other town, Topeka, Kansas has its own unique history. The town’s roots can be traced to it being a site for ferries to transport wagons heading west across the Kansas River. The town was founded in 1854 and given a Native American name – thought to mean…
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Featured Hometown: Spring Hill, Kansas
Spring Hill, Kansas is where Brayden Hart, junior history major, and Breonna Bigger, first-year psychology major, call their home. Slightly southwest of Overland Park, the town checks in at just over 6,600 residents according to the 2010 census. For context, Liberty, Missouri, has around 31,500 residents. However, Spring Hill has…
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Featured Hometown: Hutchinson, Kansas
Hutchinson, Kansas – most William Jewell College students have never heard of it. Some have passed through it on their way to the far more romanticized state of Colorado but have negative impressions of the town of 42,000. It’s flat. There’s nothing to do there. Kansas is lame. The drive…
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