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Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
Dane Hicks is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School at Quantico, VA. He is the author of novels "The Skinning Tree" and "A Whisper For Help." As publisher of the Anderson County Review in Garnett, KS., he is a recipient of the Kansas Press Association's Boyd Community Service Award as well as more than 60 awards for excellence in news, editorial and photography.
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Millions in federal dollars ride on KDOT changing your mind about electric vehicles
In 1973, the ICE-reliant auto industry in the U.S. was hit by the first oil crisis of the decade. With...
15May 2024

Shawnee County follows other communities toward wind, solar moratoriums
The Shawnee County Planning Commission this week followed suit with other counties across Kansas calling for tighter restrictions and moratoriums...
15May 2024

Kobach, other states sue Biden over illegal Title IX revision
In The Daily Wire comedy "LadyBallers" a group of male misfits breaks into women's league basketball in an imaginary landscape...
14May 2024

Davids census vote upholds weight of illegals in reapportionment, Electoral College
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Third District Kansas congresswoman Sharice Davids joined congressional Democrats in a party line vote in an attempt to...
13May 2024

KU daycare cancels Drag Queen Story Hour event
Above: "Venus Valhalla" entertains at a Drag Queen Story Hour in Manhattan, NY/Wall Street Journal photo A Drag Queen Story...
09May 2024

Superheroes banned from KU daycare, but drag queen story hour gets a thumbs up
LAWRENCE – Drag queens are okay at KU’s Hilltop Child Development Center day care, but not superheroes. Management at the...
08May 2024

$10,000 reward offered in murder of 93 year-old Augusta woman
BUTLER COUNTY – Family members as well as an executive order by Governor Laura Kelly have tallied a $10,000 reward for...
07May 2024

Kansas Courts data breach affected 150,000, office says
TOPEKA—The Kansas Office of Judicial Administration said today it contacted some 150,000 people whose data was accessed during the October...
06May 2024

Sorry, we don’t need to buy Charles Curtis’ house
Charles Curtis, the Topekan who served as vice president under Herbert Hoover, is a Great American Story worthy of remembering...
06May 2024

Borjon, Concanon keep Kansas safe for child sex mutilation surgery
Doctors in Kansas can continue unabated with surgeries that mutilate the sex organs of children who have mental conditions, thanks...
03May 2024