Manhattan

• Thomas Lane was named chief of staff to Kansas State University President Richard Linton in Manhattan. →
• Brig. Gen. Kevin Williams assumed command of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, succeeding Maj. Gen. Monte Rone. →
• Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 is reviewing the logistics and costs of adding girls flag football at Manhattan High School. →
• The Manhattan City Commission honored WTC for investing over $830,000 to provide free public Wi-Fi at 124 local sites for five years. →
• Routine repairs at the Goodnow House State Historic Site in Manhattan uncovered a historic cistern dating to roughly 1860. →
• Citizen Journal editor-in-chief Greg Loving calls on Washington to pause U.S. diesel exports for 90 days, noting Kansas is harvesting on $6.35 diesel while 1.7 million barrels a day leave the Gulf Coast. →
• Expect partly sunny skies today with a high near 78°F and a light breeze that could kick up gusts up to 20 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• Kansas advance voting has reached 122,344 ballots cast as of Oct. 22, outpacing the 2018 and 2022 midterms but trailing 2024 turnout, according to the secretary of state's office. →

• The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City agreed to dismiss its Chiefs stadium lawsuit without prejudice on Oct. 23, with state and local officials reaching a deal preserving local zoning and utility authority. →

• Spirit Defense opened a 50,000-square-foot Wichita plant on Oct. 23 to build FQ-42 Vengeance drone fuselages with General Atomics, adding over 100 jobs. →

• U.S. Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling toured Haas Metal Engineering in Topeka on Oct. 23 with Sen. Roger Marshall and Rep. Derek Schmidt, where the company's president said tariffs had minimal impact on its operations. →

• Kansas beat Baylor 25-24 on Oct. 24 for its first Big 12 win of the season, while Kansas State fell 28-17 at Arizona State the same day. →

🇺🇸 US

• Oil prices surged and stocks fell Friday amid fears of new U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, with Brent crude settling at $116.72 a barrel and the Dow dropping about 653 points. →

• The State Department said Friday it is cutting staff to essential personnel at U.S. embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates amid threats from Iran and Houthi rebels. →

• Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal complaint Friday charging former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides with lying to Congress about the bureau's Hunter Biden laptop investigation. →

• Audi confirmed Saturday it plans a roughly $4 billion assembly plant near Macon, Georgia, projecting 4,500 jobs and capacity for up to 200,000 vehicles annually. →

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that SpaceX's Starlink and Starshield services had been restored to needed speeds after disruptions, disputing Elon Musk's claims about why the slowdown occurred. →

Weather

October 26, 1881: Shootout at the O.K. Corral

On this day in Tombstone, Arizona, the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday faced off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a 30-second gunfight that became legend. The clash, rooted in a bitter struggle for power and law enforcement in a booming mining town, left three cowboys dead and cemented Wyatt Earp’s place in Old West lore. Born in Illinois and later a lawman in Kansas cow towns like Wichita and Dodge City, Earp brought his frontier policing experience with him to Arizona.

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