{"id":132164,"date":"2026-02-13T05:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132164\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:08:30","slug":"special-olympics-kansas-ready-to-dive-into-polar-plunge-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/132164\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Olympics Kansas ready to dive into Polar Plunge season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) &#8211; It\u2019s almost time to dive into the coolest party of the season!<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Northeast Kansas\u2019 Polar Plunges for Special Olympics Kansas get started this weekend in Manhattan. Ashley Previty with the Shawnee Co. Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Law Enforcement Torch Run visited Eye on NE Kansas to share the details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Each community adds its own special touches to their plunge, but all have a common theme: jumping into cold water! Previty said costumes are encouraged to add to the fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Previty said area law enforcement has a special connection to the Special Olympics. They are the \u2018keepers of the flame,\u2019 and lead runs across the state each year to bring the Special Olympics Flame of Hope to the State Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Money raised through Polar Plunges support Special Olympics athletes, competitions and healthy living programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Join a Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Kansas:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">11 a.m. Feb. 14, Tuttle Creek State Park &#8211; MHK<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">11:30 a.m. Feb. 21, Mouse Lake &#8211; Emporia<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">10 a.m. Feb. 28, Topeka West High School<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Register or donate at <a href=\"https:\/\/soks.org\/polar-plunge\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/soks.org\/polar-plunge\/\">PlungeKS.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WIBW. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) &#8211; It\u2019s almost time to dive into the coolest party of the season! Northeast Kansas\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2149,8041,75,84,83,9,24,63,42196,56553,56554,56555],"class_list":["post-132164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-kansas","tag-law-enforcement","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-polar-plunge","tag-special-olymics","tag-torch-run","tag-tuttle-creek-state-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}