McPherson

• The McPherson USD 418 Board of Education approved a $2 per hour raise for district bus drivers to address a severe driver shortage. →
• McPherson USD 418 is considering dropping the high school diploma requirement for bus drivers to expand its applicant pool. →
• Citing inclusivity concerns, the McPherson USD 418 Board of Education tabled a $5,000 annual contract for a visitor screening system that checks volunteers against criminal and sex offender registries.→
• The McPherson USD 418 Board of Education scheduled an Oct. 26 work session on student data ahead of an Oct. 27 bond town hall meeting. →
• McPherson County Public Works is installing four-way stops 10/20 on Old Highway 81 in Moundridge following a fatal crash and traffic study. →
• McPherson police and the public library outlined fundraising priorities for the McPherson County Community Foundation's Match Month. →
• The McPherson-based Hack and Scratch podcast released Episode 14, discussing the Mac Cup golf results and area high school football. →
• In his latest column, Citizen Journal Editor-in-Chief Greg Loving explains why diesel prices in Kansas hit about $6 a gallon, pointing to refining capacity shortages and global supply disruptions. →
• Expect mostly sunny skies with a warm high near 88°F today, but keep an umbrella handy as a few showers and thunderstorms could pop up after 3 p.m.

🌾 Kansas

• A joint Kansas Reflector-MS NOW investigation published Oct. 9 found Sen. Roger Marshall's 2020 Senate campaign may have misused congressional staff and taxpayer resources, including a Chicago trip labeled official and taxpayer-funded meals during a Dallas trip with only a Zoom meeting scheduled. →

• Tuesday, Oct. 13, is the last day to register to vote in Kansas' Nov. 3 general election, with advance voting set to begin Oct. 14 and mail ballot applications due Oct. 27. →

• President Donald Trump pledged in an Oct. 12 Truth Social post to hold a "Kansas Style Rally" for Sen. Roger Marshall "very soon," without specifying a date or location. →

• Original Citizen Journal reporting looks at Democrat Don Coover’s challenge to Republican Rep. Derek Schmidt in Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District, where he is campaigning on rural health care and agriculture tariffs despite trailing in fundraising and name recognition. →

• Concordia police arrested Landon Deal, 36, on Oct. 10 after a tip about a planned event and are seeking terrorism, aggravated criminal threat and felony obstruction charges against him. →

🇺🇸 US

• Brent crude surged past $106 a barrel Monday as Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and a deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh's airport threaten to push diesel toward record highs just weeks before the midterms. →

• Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home Monday under a court-authorized warrant tied to an immigration-related criminal investigation. →

• The Justice Department is investigating whether ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC violated antitrust law by jointly suspending pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House barred certain reporters. →

• Shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile plunged Friday after SpaceX announced an $8 billion deal to buy nationwide wireless spectrum from Grain Management to expand Starlink into mobile service. →

• Americans Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for research on models that help governments and central banks respond to economic crises. →

Weather

October 13, 2010: Chilean Miners Rescued After 69 Days Underground

After a mine collapse trapped 33 workers nearly half a mile below ground, Chilean rescuers spent more than two months drilling an escape shaft to reach them. One by one, the miners were brought to the surface in a special rescue capsule, surviving the longest recorded entrapment underground in history.

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