Category: Kansas

Independent Could Siphon Votes From GOP’s Schmidt, Boost Kelly in Tossup Kansas Governor Race

First-term incumbent Kansas Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly has an unpopular president headlining her party whose policies are blamed for a 40-year high in inflation, increasing crime, and chaos on the border. Republican challenger, three-term Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, is tied to former Gov. Sam Brownback, who has a unique distinction in these divisive days…


Biden and Brownback Are on the Ballot in Scrappy Kansas House Race

The names voters see on the Nov. 8 Kansas Congressional District 3 (CD 3) ballot are two-term incumbent Democrat Rep. Sharice Davids versus Republican challenger Amanda Adkins. But to the naked ear, the contentious contest for Kansas’ only congressional seat, now occupied by a Democrat, sounds more like a referendum on Democratic President Joe Biden…


US Halloween Night Shootings Kill 1, Injure About 20

One person was killed and about 20 wounded on Halloween night in two separate shooting attacks in the U.S. cities of Kansas City and Chicago, police said. Between five and seven people were shot and one was killed in a shooting at a home in Kansas City, where about 70–100 teens were partying on Monday…


MVP Sophia Smith Scores, Thorns Top KC 2–0 for NWSL Title

WASHINGTON—Sophia Smith and the Portland Thorns overcame challenges off the field this season with a championship on it. Smith, the season’s Most Valuable Player, scored early and the Thorns won their third National Women’s Soccer League title Saturday night with a 2–0 victory over the Kansas City Current. The Thorns also won NWSL championships in…


Santa Fe Trail (1940)

In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer, and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to…


Despite August Vote, Abortion an Issue in Kansas Governor Race

The Kansas State Fair kicked off its annual 10-day run with a noteworthy bang on Sept. 9 as Stillwell farmer Matt Jacobs’ 1,280-pounder broke the state’s all-time pumpkin record and ribbons were awarded for best scarecrows, biscuits, and butter sculptures. Staged in Hutchison, the state fair is a late-summer celebration of tradition, innovation, and novelty…


Investigators: New DNA in 20-Year-Old Kansas Double Murder

GREAT BEND, Kan.—Investigators announced Tuesday that they have collected new DNA evidence they hope will lead to a break in the killing of two Kansas women at a bakery 20 years ago. A delivery driver found the bodies of 24-year-old Mandi Alexander and 79-year-old Mary Drake the evening of Sept. 4, 2002, at a Dolly…


Investigators: New DNA Evidence Found in 20-Year-Old Kansas Double Murder

GREAT BEND, Kan.—Investigators announced Tuesday that they have collected new DNA evidence they hope will lead to a break in the killing of two Kansas women at a bakery 20 years ago. A delivery driver found the bodies of 24-year-old Mandi Alexander and 79-year-old Mary Drake the evening of Sept. 4, 2002, at a Dolly…


Post-Roe Fallout Dulls Odds, but GOP Poised for Kansas U.S. House Sweep

More than 900,000 Kansans voted in a special election on Aug. 2 and nearly 60 percent of them rejected a proposed amendment removing abortion access as a fundamental right from the state’s constitution. The Kansas special election was the first public referendum on abortion following June’s U.S. Supreme Court repeal of Roe v. Wade, which…


Post-Roe Fallout Dulls Odds, but GOP Poised for Kansas US House Sweep

More than 900,000 Kansans voted in a special election on Aug. 2 and nearly 60 percent of them rejected a proposed amendment removing abortion access as a fundamental right from the state’s constitution. The Kansas special election was the first public referendum on abortion following June’s U.S. Supreme Court repeal of Roe v. Wade, which…