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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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Good Bunny: “NFL OUT”
The National Football League has never been shy about draping itself in the imagery of patriotism. Flags fill stadiums. Military...
06Feb 2026
“Immigrant Rights” group in Kansas City draws scrutiny amid national anti-ICE protests
As national attention focuses on violent confrontations tied to anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, a Kansas City–area nonprofit promoting community reporting...
03Feb 2026
GOP governor candidates spar on unity, careerism, STAR bonds in first big pitch for state’s highest office
“Old hands” on the political stage in Friday afternoons Kansas Republican Governor’s race debate traded barbs with political newcomers, with...
30Jan 2026
SEKMHC trustees suspend Fawson following state legislative appearance
The embattled head of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center based in Iola was suspended from his position on Monday...
27Jan 2026
Trump’s first year: Results over rhetoric
One year into his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump has delivered what supporters long argued was missing...
25Jan 2026
Kansas House committee grills SEKMHC head on salaries, operations of Medicaid-funded expanded care model
SEKMHC Executive Director Nathan Fawson testifies at the Kansas House Health and Human Services Committee hearing Tuesday./Kansas House Youtube capture...
21Jan 2026
Davids again picks trans over women in Tuesday SCOTUS hearing
Trans MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin wins his debut fight in Australia in 2021/news.com.au WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids...
14Jan 2026
In Johnson County Republicans have the numbers – but Democrats have the ‘want to’
The "bluing" of Johnson County election results in recent years comes down less to numbers than it does to who...
12Jan 2026
Whose insurrection is this, anyway?
After the Biden–Harris Justice Department spent three years stretching the interpretation of “obstruction of an official proceeding” to hammer January...
10Jan 2026
Trump takes Maduro; implications for Kansas likely to follow oil markets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States carried out overnight military strikes in Venezuela and has taken President Nicolás Maduro into...
03Jan 2026