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McPherson

• Revised management regulations, including new requirements for mechanical unit elevation, were adopted to secure discounted flood insurance rates for residents through the Community Rating System. →
• Liquor tax revenues will be distributed to the Central Kansas Foundation, The Omega Project, and McPherson Public Schools' D.A.R.E. programs for addiction treatment and prevention. →
• A $17,465 grant will fund health education programs for students in the Lindsborg, McPherson, and Moundridge school districts through the Kansas Learning Center for Health. →
• Lindsborg Public Works received approval for a $7,768.88 emergency expenditure to replace a fan control on a transformer to maintain stability during rising temperatures. →
• McPherson County Emergency Management will host the "Storm Fury on the Plains" training on February 26 to teach residents how to identify and report severe weather hazards. →
• The MAC Wrestling Club hosted more than 800 competitors at the 36th annual McPherson Invitational, where 11 local wrestlers earned first-place finishes and Reagan Reese was named the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler. →
• Shelly, owner of the Performance Lab in McPherson, is providing professional running techniques and offering online training programs for local fitness enthusiasts. →
• Expect a breezy and mostly cloudy day with a high near 68, though south winds will gust up to 26 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• Wildfires that swept out of the Oklahoma panhandle burned more than 150,000 acres across western Kansas, forcing evacuations in Clark, Comanche, Seward and Rawlins counties as multiple named fires continued burning Wednesday with elevated fire danger forecast through Thursday. →

• The Kansas Senate voted 31-9 Thursday to override Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a bill defining biological sex for state law and restricting access to restrooms and locker rooms in government buildings. →

• The Kansas House passed a bill 75-48 Tuesday prohibiting students from using cellphones during school hours, sending the measure back to the Senate amid debate over state versus local control of classroom technology policies. →

• The Kansas House tax committee approved a bill capping annual city or county property tax revenue growth at 3 percent unless residents fail to collect signatures from 10 percent of presidential election voters to block the increase. →

• The worst flu season in 25 years is forcing Kansas school districts to cancel classes and flooding Wichita pharmacies with patients as the CDC estimated at least 9,300 flu-related deaths nationally through mid-January. →

🇺🇸 US

• Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that Iran failed to meet core U.S. demands in Geneva nuclear negotiations, with Washington giving Tehran two weeks to close gaps as military action remains an option. →

• The White House on Tuesday rejected Democrats' latest offer on constraints for federal immigration officers, deepening the impasse that has left the Department of Homeland Security unfunded since Saturday. →

• New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday proposed a nearly 10% property tax increase as a "last resort" to close a projected $5.4 billion two-year budget deficit. →

• Stephen Colbert criticized CBS and the FCC on Monday after the network blocked his planned interview with Texas Democratic State Rep. James Talarico over equal-time rule concerns. →

• The U.S. presented seismic data Tuesday alleging China conducted a secret low-yield nuclear test in 2020, challenging Beijing's claims it has observed the international nuclear testing ban. →

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February 18 2010: WikiLeaks publishes leaked documents

Chelsea Manning, a U.S. Army intelligence analyst in Iraq, secretly downloaded and leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents—starting with the “Reykjavik13” cable WikiLeaks published on February 18, 2010. The disclosures exposed previously hidden civilian casualties and alleged abuses in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, deeply embarrassing the U.S. government and its diplomatic corps. Depending on your perspective, Manning is either a courageous whistleblower who revealed grave misconduct or a traitor who recklessly endangered national security.

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