This morning, journalism advisor Jared Shuff was celebrated by his students in the commons during ECT for winning the Sunflower Award for his performance as an adviser.
The Sunflower Award is coordinated...
Lilly Wall, News Editor-in-Chief
• February 24, 2025
Tonight at a school board meeting, Interim Superintendent Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift announced the selection of Assistant Principal Tina Mitchell as the Director of Equity and Student and Family Engagement...
On Feb. 21 Jeanice Kerr Swift was named the permanent superintendent—pending official board approval—of USD 497 after over six months of serving as the interim superintendent, following Anthony Lewis’s...
The Super Bowl — America’s most anticipated sporting event — all comes to a showdown for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The stakes were high for Super Bowl LVIX as the match between the Philadelphia...
Nick Sprecker, News Editor-in-Chief
• January 26, 2025
A dance between two of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, always brings about fireworks.
During the AFC Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo...
After two days of debating at Garden City on Jan. 17 and 18, the varsity debate team came back home with a 4-speaker state championship, bringing down the previous reigning champions, Washburn Rural, to...
Dem. Shannon Reid is re-elected as the District Two Douglas County Commissioner. Running against Independent Brad Chun, Reid wins by a total of 4899 votes and 68.74% overall.
Commissioner Reid has lived...
District 5:
In the 2024 Kansas House of Representatives election, the projected winner for district 5 as of 6 a.m. is Rep. Carrie Barth.
Barth of the Republican party lives in Baldwin City, Kansas....
District 2: Dem. Marci Francisco winning by 78.3%
In the 2024 State Senate election for district two, Dem. current state senator Marci Francisco ran against Rep. David Miller. Marci Francisco is leading...
Delaney Bayliss, Assistant Social Media Editor
• November 5, 2024
In the 2024 Douglas County District Attorney election, the projected winner as of 9 p.m. is Dakota Loomis, with 65.38% (The Lawrence Times) .
Dakota Loomis of the Democratic party is from Lawrence,...
Maria Mosconi, News Managing Editor
• November 5, 2024
In the 2024 State Board of Education election, the projected winner for district four, which consists of central north and north east districts including USD 497, as of 9:30 p.m. is Kris Meyer.
Meyer...
Ember Klein, Online Editor-in-Chief
• November 5, 2024
US House district 1:
In the 2024 US House of Representatives election, the projected winner of district 1 as of 9 P.M. is Rep. Tracey Mann.
Mann of the Republican party is from Salina, Kansas....
