McPherson daily brief
McPherson, Kansas and US news for busy people - Dec 15, 2025 edition
McPherson
School Board: McPherson USD 418 meets Monday to discuss redrawing elementary boundaries after deciding to move to three elementary schools and placing a bond issue on the March ballot.
McPherson firefighter Brady Burr arrested Thursday; fire department conducting internal review. City officials declined to release details about the allegations, citing personnel policies.
Lindsborg school board targets August or November 2026 for bond election after reviewing community survey results presented by consultant Rick Noble on district facility funding needs.
McPherson Resource Council seeks donations for its annual Christmas Food Program, which will serve 659 individuals on December 20th with 100% of funds going directly to food purchases.
Molli Fawl
Molli Fawl
McPherson Sports
McPherson boys basketball lost to Andover 32-60, while McPherson girls basketball fell to Andover 21-66.
Moundridge Wildcats improve to 5-0 after dominating Inman 62-18 to win the Early Season Tournament championship
🌾Kansas
Warm-up: Kansas temperatures will spike 20-25 degrees from weekend lows, reaching upper 40s-50s Monday and climbing into the 60s by next week—more like Easter than Christmas.
Jobs: Kansas unemployment held steady at 3.8% in September while the national rate jumped to 4.4%, a three-year high.
Architecture: Atlas Obscura featured nine Kansas buildings including Frank Lloyd Wright's Allen House and Topeka's rainbow Equality House for their unusual designs.
Google settlement: About 750,000 Kansans could receive payouts from a $700 million antitrust settlement over Google's alleged monopoly on Android app distribution and billing.
Mahomes injury: Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL and backup Gardner Minshew threw a game-ending interception as the Chargers eliminated the Chiefs from playoff contention with a 16-13 win.
Greg Loving
🇺🇸 US
Australian Hanukkah Attack: Father and son killed 15 people at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach; older suspect died after police shooting, younger critically injured, both identified by local media as Sajid and Naveed Akram.
Brown University Shooting: Gunman killed 2 students and injured 9 during exam review session; police released person of interest due to insufficient evidence and renewed manhunt.
Syria ISIS Attack: ISIS ambush in Palmyra killed 2 U.S. soldiers and 1 civilian interpreter in first American casualties since Assad's fall; Trump vowed retaliation.
Tariff Impact Assessment: Trump's tariffs neither triggered predicted recession nor delivered promised manufacturing revival; economy held steady but little evidence of reshoring materialized.
Disney AI Strategy: Disney invested $1B in OpenAI to license 200+ characters for AI video generation while simultaneously sending cease-and-desist to Google for copyright infringement.
China Shale Breakthrough: China's Jimsar demonstration zone hit 1.7M tonne oil output goal 22 days early, advancing independence from imports with world's third-largest shale oil reserves.
Greg Loving
Weather
