> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.citizenjournal.us/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # McPherson daily brief - URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/mcpherson-daily-brief-162/ - Published: 2026-09-22T12:18:27.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-22T12:18:27.000Z - Description: McPherson, Kansas and US news for busy people - Sep 22, 2026 edition - Author: Greg Loving - Tags: mcj, #brief, #fullemail # McPherson - The Lindsborg City Council delayed a vote on its Flock license plate camera policy to hold a study session following resident concerns. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/lindsborg-council-holds-off-on-flock-camera-policy-change-sets-study-session/) - The McPherson USD 418 Board of Education approved its 2026-27 budget, keeping the bond-related tax increase to 4.51 mills, a bond election commitment. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/takeaways-from-mcpherson-usd-418-school-board-meeting-14/) - McPherson County development valuations hit $55 million year-to-date, nearly doubling last year's total with new projects underway. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/mcpherson-county-commission-summary-29/) - The McPherson Police Department will host First Responders Night with K-9 and BearCat vehicle displays Sept. 22 at Lakeside Park. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/mcpherson-community-first-responders-night-to-feature-bearcat-and-k-9-demonstrations/) - The McPherson boys and girls cross country teams competed at Buhler, led by Xavier Hartinger placing 14th in the varsity boys race. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/bullpups-xc-boys-girls-compete-at-buhler/) - McPherson city officials extended intermittent closures on downtown Main and East Marlin streets this week for chip seal maintenance. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/downtown-chip-seal-closures-extend-into-this-week-on-main-and-east-marlin/) - A high-speed pursuit from Saline County ended safely on Interstate 135 in McPherson County with the arrest of a 39-year-old Wichita man. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/mcpherson-county-commission-summary-29/) - Expect early patchy fog to clear up for a partly sunny afternoon with a high near 76°F. --- # 🌾 Kansas - Kansas diesel prices hit a record $6.23 a gallon Sept. 21, driven by wars in Iran and Ukraine disrupting global refining and an outage at ExxonMobil's Joliet refinery, as farmers harvested 40% of corn and planted 10% of winter wheat. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-273/) - Thirty-six of Kansas' 105 counties, along with 10 cities and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, have signed 287(g) immigration enforcement agreements with ICE, most joining after President Trump returned to office, according to a Sept. 20 Topeka Capital-Journal tally. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-273/) - Lindsborg residents renewed calls Sept. 21 for the city to remove its Flock Safety license plate cameras, but the council tabled the issue for further policy review. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-273/) - The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission voted 6-1 Sept. 21 to recommend requiring special use permits for future data centers, adding public hearings before both the Planning Commission and City Commission. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-273/) - A man was fatally shot and a school bus carrying 10 students was struck by gunfire Sept. 21 near North 18th Street and Longwood Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, with no students injured and no suspect in custody. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-273/) --- # 🇺🇸 US - CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued President Donald Trump and White House officials Monday to reverse a ban on their reporters entering White House grounds, while ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News suspended their shared television pool coverage. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-270/) - All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico applied to join Trump's Medicaid drug-pricing initiative, which aims to tie rebates to lower prices paid in other developed countries and could save $64.3 billion over 10 years. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-270/) - President Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met at Gracie Mansion Monday and agreed to expand talks on building roughly 12,000 affordable homes at Sunnyside Yard in Queens. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-270/) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state environmental commission Monday to halt data center permits until electricity and water audits are completed, with a compliance report due Oct. 19\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-270/) - President Trump announced Sept. 18 that the U.S. reached a deal with Denmark and Greenland to expand American military basing rights on the island, with signing scheduled for Sept. 22\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-270/) --- # Weather ![Weather](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/e6/f7e66a8b-8f27-493f-8b7e-664ecefd4c3d/content/images/2026/09/Tab4FileL-5.png) --- --- # SEPTEMBER 22, 1888: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PUBLISHES ITS FIRST ISSUE National Geographic releases its inaugural magazine issue without any photographs, relying solely on text and maps. With so few subscribers, editor Gilbert H. Grosvenor personally addresses each copy and hand-delivers the entire mailing to the post office. *This article was written using our proprietary AI system, Cronkite. The final decision to publish this article was made by a human. For more info, read our [AI policy](https://www.citizenjournal.us/ai-policy/).*