> ## 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-165/ - Published: 2026-09-25T11:35:05.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-25T11:35:05.000Z - Description: McPherson, Kansas and US news for busy people - Sep 25, 2026 edition - Author: Greg Loving - Tags: McPherson County, #brief, #fullemail # McPherson - USD 418's new budget raises the mill levy 4.51 mills, under the 4.75-mill limit promised in the March bond vote, as falling enrollment squeezes state aid. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/enrollment-decline-shapes-mcpherson-usd-418-budget-plans/) - Forging Youth Resilience will host the MacTown Throwdown on Oct. 24 in McPherson to raise funds for its free youth fitness programs. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/mactown-throwdown-returns-to-fundraise-for-kid-fitness/) - Episode 9 of the Hack and Scratch podcast previewed Week 4 high school football matchups across McPherson County and central Kansas. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/hack-and-scratch-9/) - McPherson Middle School boys and girls cross country runners earned top finishes at the McPherson Invitational on Sept. 22\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/bullpups-shine-at-middle-school-cross-country-invite/) - Real estate agencies scheduled six open houses and posted three new listings across McPherson, Hutchinson, Inman, and Galva this weekend. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/area-newly-listed-and-open-houses-september-25-2026/) - Road work in McPherson blocked streets near the McPherson YMCA, prompting the facility to direct members to park in its back lot. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/mcpherson-ymca-told-members-to-park-in-back-as-road-work-blocked-streets-thursday/) - Keep the umbrella handy today, McPherson, as we're looking at mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and a high of 77°F. --- # 🌾 Kansas - Cattle groups reported millions in lost revenue Sept. 24 after ICE immigration enforcement near Dodge City, Garden City and Liberal slashed national cattle slaughter to 94,000 head, down from 121,914 a year earlier. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-276/) - Homeland Security agents notified Barton County officials Sept. 24 that they would conduct operations in the Great Bend area but disclosed no scope or details. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-276/) - Wichita officials said Sept. 24 that residents of the city's largest homeless encampment, known as Narnia or Tent City, must leave by Oct. 12 before clearing begins Oct. 13\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-276/) - Fourteen defendants were sentenced Sept. 21-22 in a Wichita fentanyl-trafficking case tied to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, with ringleader Euriel Talavera receiving 19 years in federal prison. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-276/) - Kansas Bank Commissioner David Herndon urged lawmakers Sept. 24 to revoke Beneficient Fiduciary Financial's state charter after the company refused to sign a negotiated consent order. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-276/) --- # 🇺🇸 US - The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note climbed to about 5.15% on Thursday, its highest level since 2007, as strong business activity data fueled inflation concerns and pressured borrowers. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-273/) - President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for about three hours at the White House on Thursday, opening a two-day summit as Xi urged Washington and Tehran to resume Iran nuclear talks. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-273/) - The Senate advanced a bill Thursday sponsored by Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell that would shield the NCAA and schools from antitrust lawsuits while codifying athletes' name, image and likeness rights. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-273/) - Oracle invoked force majeure over permitting delays affecting power for its planned New Mexico AI campus, Project Jupiter, after New Mexico's State Land Office twice denied pipeline approvals. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-273/) - France will send troops, radar equipment and defense systems to Saudi Arabia to protect the Red Sea oil hub of Yanbu, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-273/) --- # Weather ![Weather](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/e6/f7e66a8b-8f27-493f-8b7e-664ecefd4c3d/content/images/2026/09/Tab3FileL-16.png) --- --- # September 25, 1867: Cattle Pioneer Oliver Loving Dies of Gangrene Oliver Loving, co-creator of the Goodnight-Loving Trail, died in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, after wounds from a Comanche attack became infected with gangrene. His death ended his legendary partnership with Charles Goodnight, but their trail remained one of the most important cattle routes of the era. *This article was written using our proprietary AI system, Cronkite. The final decision to publish this article was made by a human. 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