Jayhawk, Wildcat tabbed to 2025 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Watch List
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A pair of local college football players have been named to the 2025 Polynesian…
Nebraska and Kansas get a literacy boost from dollar general
In delightful news for bookworms and budding readers, schools and libraries across Nebraska and Kansas just scored some…
Celebrating Old West in New Ways
It’s rodeo time in Ellsworth this weekend and the community is again celebrating its connection to the days…
Congress asks questions about Trump’s mass deportations
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan visited Capitol Hill just weeks after Inauguration Day,…
Iowa man dies after shooting neighbors and setting his house on fire
GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) — A 71-year-old man who shot and killed two neighbors then set his house on…
New York City preparing for outbreak of SECOND ‘highly contagious’ virus… as cases spread to neighboring states
New York is gearing up for an outbreak of another highly contagious virus, as the number of hand,…
“Bear” sighting sparks disagreement among Kansas wildlife professionals
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Photos circulating online recently have people wondering, what are the odds of seeing something…
The Illusion of Choice – The American Prospect
This article appears in the August 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. At his confirmation hearing in…
Wichita’s Lunden Esterline tops Tiger Woods’ son, wins boys division at 49th Junior PGA Championship
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Wichita Collegiate’s Lunden Esterline, an Andover, Kansas, native, captured the boys division title at…
Trump revives the Presidential Fitness Test, a rite of passage for schoolchildren for decades
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test for American children, a fixture…
Tarantula mating season starts soon. Here are the states where the spiders will be most prevalent
A wave of tarantula sightings might occur in the next few months across portions of the U.S. as…
Bookstore hopes to support teacher’s classroom libraries | Education
JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) – A Joplin bookstore is hoping to encourage the next generation of readers by supporting…