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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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Lee bans reporter from SEKMHC counties meeting, but salaries mechanics remain unchanged
A meeting of county commissioners at the Allen County Courthouse Thursday to discuss what some are calling exorbitantly high salaries...
22Apr 2025
Defense wants to restrict investigation photos in Seneca priest’s murder
SENECA – The lawyer for the man accused in the murder of a popular Seneca Catholic priest has asked the...
21Apr 2025
Why hasn’t anyone stopped Bert Smith IV from stealing cattle?
Photo Credit: Smithsonian Magazine With his $3.7 million civil court judgement against a notorious cattle scammer now executable in Tennessee,...
14Apr 2025
Identified after 52 years lost, Kansas lawmen will now look for Jimmy Dollison’s killer
KANSAS CITY, Ks.– Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents say they have positively identified the remains of a young man buried...
09Apr 2025
Seneca, Ks., priest shot and killed by former resident
SENECA – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Nemaha County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the murder of a...
04Apr 2025
Soros, others spend big to keep U.S. voting requirements loose
A bill that would institute uniform voting security measures for federal elections in each state may be introduced before the...
31Mar 2025
Devil exposed as bad speller, but gets his due in Kansas Statehouse bru-ha
The devil apparently won’t be in the running to win next year’s Kansas State Spelling Bee, but with the scuffle...
29Mar 2025
$600,000+ salary for CEO makes SEK commissioners question tax subsidies for Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center
HUMBOLDT – The salary figures for directors of the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center that have riled county commissioners in...
28Mar 2025
Kelly’s office won’t say if she’ll follow Democrat “playbook” to oppose Trump
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly's office is refusing to respond to an inqiury as to whether or not the governor is...
19Mar 2025
KCC’s “KidWind Challenge” working to make Green Moonies out of your kids
The telegraph station we built out of paper milk cartons, wire-wrapped nails and flashlight batteries in my 6th grade science...
13Mar 2025