Manhattan

• DONATE HERE: McPherson County Community Foundation opened a fund to support families by the tragedy at a Wichita soccer field. →
• Manhattan officials highlighted a ballot initiative to raise the street sales tax rate to 0.5% to fund local road repairs. →
• The Manhattan City Commission approved a resolution of intent to annex 4.42 acres on Excel Road for a potential future fire station. →
• Manhattan officials warned the Manhattan City Commission that potential federal fuel tax cuts could threaten local road funding. →
• Expect a slight chance of early morning showers giving way to mostly sunny skies today with a high near 76°F.

🌾 Kansas

• Lawrence city commissioners voted 5-0 on Oct. 20 to require special use permits and public hearings for future data centers, building on the city's existing two-year moratorium. →

• Former Montana Sen. Jon Tester campaigned for Democrat Don Coover on Oct. 19 in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District as forecasters shifted the race against Republican Rep. Derek Schmidt from safe to likely Republican. →

• A Reno County judge sentenced Jerry Allen of Phoenix on Oct. 19 to life in prison for the 1982 murder of Michael McKeown, a case that took 44 years to reach sentencing. →

• The USDA announced $8 billion in one-time Harvest Fuel Relief payments on Oct. 19 to help farmers cope with rising diesel and other 2026 crop costs, though payments won't arrive before the Nov. 3 election. →

• ICYM: President Trump campaigned for Republican Sen. Roger Marshall on Oct. 19 as election forecasters rated the Kansas Senate race against Democrat Adam Hamilton a toss-up. →

🇺🇸 US

• President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance announced a $25 million program Tuesday to reward tips about federal fraud that lead to criminal charges. →

• President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has spent or will spend more than $400 million to help Republican candidates ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. →

• The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that Lordstown could halt its review of a data center proposal submitted before the village's moratorium. →

• SpaceX reported Tuesday that third-quarter revenue rose 161% to about $14.6 billion as artificial intelligence became its largest business by revenue, overtaking Starlink. →

• Russia released retired American teacher Stephen Hubbard on Wednesday, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff announced while meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. →

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OCTOBER 21, 1967: THOUSANDS PROTEST THE WAR IN VIETNAM

On October 21, 1967, nearly 100,000 demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, with more than half marching to the Pentagon to demand an end to the conflict. The massive demonstration highlighted growing public opposition to President Lyndon Johnson’s war policy and signaled a fracture in the nation’s Cold War consensus.

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