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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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As DGCO wind regs meeting looms, opponents still skeptical
LAWRENCE – Douglas County Commissioners on Wednesday are expected to consider new wind farm regulations which industry officials have said...
30Apr 2024

Senate showdown on override vote moment of truth for Kelly loyalists
In an inflationary landscape where American families are spending some $950 per month more to maintain their standard of living...
27Apr 2024

Kahrs, Schmidt to vye for 2nd District Seat
Two longtime Kansas Republican stalwarts have announced plans to seek Jake LaTurner’s Second Congressional District seat when he vacates it...
26Apr 2024

Grading scale of student achievement shows 70% of Kansas schools making C’s & D’s
WICHITA – A conservative policy organization that monitors student achievement in Kansas has published an A-F grading summary of public...
24Apr 2024

Washburn University team crowned national debate champs
Topeka, Kan. – The Washburn University debate team has been crowned the national champions at the National Forensic Association (NFA) Lincoln-Douglas...
23Apr 2024

Faces of evil denied new sentencing hearing
WICHITA – Two men who served more than 20 years in a Kansas prison for terrorizing, raping and robbing five...
23Apr 2024

REPORT: $3.91 million in assets seized in Kansas criminal cases in 2023
TOPEKA – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) recently provided the 2023 Kansas Civil Asset Forfeiture Report to the Kansas Legislature, and released...
22Apr 2024

Kansas Medicaid Expansion should be eaten by cannibals
The saga of the Kansas Medicaid Expansion debate looks a lot like stories we've seen lately on the national scene;...
20Apr 2024

Davids keeps cozy with Democrats opposing Israel in sanctions review vote
WASHINGTON D.C. – Kansas 3rd District Congresswoman Sharice Davids on Wednesday voted against a major congressional bill which would allow...
18Apr 2024

Arrests made, bodies found feared those of two missing Kansas women
Oklahoma authorities have charged four individuals in the disappearance of two Hugoton, Kansas, women who left southwest Kansas for Oklahoma...
15Apr 2024