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Suspect in WYCO deputy’s murder got plea deal in Anderson County in December 2024

Shawn Harris booking photo/Wyandotte County Jail Shawn Harris would have been in prison Saturday July 26, unable to shoot and...
By Michael Ryan – The Heartlander
10 min
31Jul 2025

Kansas school assessments show 150,000 students functionally illiterate

More than 150,000 Kansas K-12 students will have a difficult time reading this story. Not because of the subject matter,...
By David Hicks – The Sentinel
3 min
29Jul 2025

Kansas Governor’s race takes shape for Democrats, Republicans

Candidates are lining up for the 2026 election in Kansas to replace Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, whose second term ends...
By Zane Irwin – Kansas News Service
8 min
25Jul 2025

Davids, Dems fail to stop “Big Beautiful Bill,” ignore massive tax hike they would have slapped on JOCO earners

Once again voting in partisan lockstep with her side of the aisle in the U.S. Congress, Kansas 3rd District Congresswoman...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
4 min
05Jul 2025

Judge rules against injunction that would have kept foreign campaign dollars in amendment vote

TOPEKA – A Kansas law that prohibits the use of foreign money in state constitutional amendment campaigns took effect July...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
3 min
01Jul 2025

Lack of School Choice options drops Kansas on “Parent Power” index

In the three years since the Sentinel last reported on the Center for Educational Reform’s Parent Power Index, Kansas has slid more than 10 places from...
By Patrick Richardson – The Sentinel
4 min
30Jun 2025

Kansas continues to work on deal to move Chiefs from Missouri to Kansas

Arrowhead Stadium has been the home of the Kansas City Chiefs in Missouri since it was built in 1972. But...
By Earl Watt
3 min
26Jun 2025

Remembering Ike’s mass deportations: “Operation Wetback”

Kansas overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump for president.  Voters in these parts liked his proposals, especially removing 11 million undocumented immigrants...
By Ron Smith – Special to The Informer
8 min
22Jun 2025

Jackson Countians seek injunction against solar farm, say NextEra, feds never did environmental study

A federal court judge in Kansas City, Kan., is expected to hear a request for an injunction Wednesday morning against...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
3 min
17Jun 2025

Suprise, warrantless searches unconstitutional, federal court rules

A Cowley County couple and the Kansas Justice Institute won a major victory earlier this week after a federal court ruled in favor of Scott...
By Patrick Richardson – The Sentinel
5 min
16Jun 2025