McPherson

• Jake Perryman, a nurse practitioner at McPherson Center for Health, received the Kansas Hospital Association Heart of Health Care Award. →
• The McPherson County Food Bank reported a growing surge in demand, serving 223 families in August amid rising grocery costs. →
• An exhibition opening Oct. 2 across three Lindsborg venues will showcase works from more than 55 artists from the town's 1970s art scene. →
• The McPherson City Planning Commission will hold an Oct. 6 hearing on rezoning the former Smoky Valley Nursery site for an event venue. →
• The McPherson High boys soccer team shut out El Dorado 8-0 on Tuesday, scoring eight goals in the first half. →
• Fitness trainer Shelly shared guidance on mental toughness and pursuing goals in a video released on Citizen Journal. →
• An open house is scheduled Sunday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for a newly listed three-bedroom home at 1232 E Hulse St in McPherson. →
• Expect a mostly sunny and hot Friday in McPherson with a high near 96°F and gusty south winds reaching up to 28 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• Former Republican Gov. Bill Graves endorsed Democrat Adam Hamilton over Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas' 2026 U.S. Senate race, continuing his history of cross-party endorsements. →

• Kansas Board of Regents made responsible AI use its top strategic priority and approved a fiscal 2028 funding request that included $40 million for community and technical college projects. →

• Deep Fission became the first participant in the Energy Department's Reactor Pilot Program to publicly release its Nuclear Safety Design Agreement for its underground Gravity reactor project in Parsons. →

• Metal detectors at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas, detected a gun on a student Sept. 16, leading to the student's arrest before anyone was harmed. →

• A Johnson County judge sentenced Isaiah Sadowski to 123 months for reckless second-degree murder after he fled to Mexico following a 2021 crash that killed a 75-year-old woman. →

🇺🇸 US

• Early in-person voting for the Nov. 3 midterm elections began Sept. 18 in Idaho, Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, with Illinois and Kentucky to follow later in the calendar. →

• New York regulators opened a proceeding Sept. 17 to create an Energy Affordability Index tying utility costs to household income, while a Senate data-center billing bill stalled after Sen. Martin Heinrich blocked unanimous consent. →

• Lockheed Martin said Sept. 17 it received its first shipment of Patriot interceptor components from General Motors' defense unit as the Pentagon pushes to speed weapons production. →

• Diesel hit a record national average of about $6.40 a gallon Sept. 17, squeezing farmers as harvest season begins. →

• The Atlantic had produced no hurricanes by Sept. 17, setting a record for the longest wait for a season's first hurricane in the satellite era. →

Weather

SEPTEMBER 18, 1976: ONE MILLION MOURNERS ATTEND FUNERAL OF MAO ZEDONG

More than one million people gathered at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People and in Tiananmen Square for the funeral of Mao Zedong, founder of the People’s Republic of China. During the eight-day mourning period, over a million citizens filed past his flag-draped coffin as the nation observed moments of silence and a televised state ceremony.

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