McPherson

• The McPherson USD 418 Board of Education established a timeline to find a successor for Superintendent Shiloh Vincent, who will step down June 30 following the recent approval of a $90 million school bond measure. →
• Hayley Samford, a Lindsborg native and former Bethany College director, has been appointed as the new executive director of the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum. →
• The McPherson County Agriculture Committee has reformed with a mission to strengthen the local farm community through educational programs, community involvement, and business partnerships. →
• The Moundridge Lady Wildcats' season ended with a 69-56 loss to Sacred Heart in the Class 2A state semifinal; Sacred Heart advances to face Ellinwood in the championship game. →
• It’s going to be a beautiful, sunny day in McPherson with a high near 64 and a light breeze out of the east.

🌾 Kansas

• A proposed constitutional amendment to cap assessed value increases on real property and mobile homes failed to advance out of the Kansas House Committee of the Whole on Tuesday after a floor amendment was defeated 37-78. →

• The Sedgwick County Commission approved a one-year moratorium on applications for battery energy storage systems through March 11, 2027, as dozens of Labette County residents gathered to hear from Deep Fission about plans for an underground nuclear reactor. →

• Documents show a federal grand jury subpoenaed records from Kansas City related to Anton Washington and his company as part of an FBI investigation connected to Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw and her husband, Public Works Director Michael Shaw. →

• Neither of the two KC-135 Stratotankers involved in a fatal mid-air collision over western Iraq on Wednesday was assigned to Wichita's McConnell Air Force Base, with four of six crew members killed aboard the downed aircraft from Joint Base Andrews. →

• Kansas overcame a halftime deficit to beat TCU 78-73 in the Big 12 Conference men's tournament quarterfinals. →

🇺🇸 US

• A U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq on Wednesday after colliding with another tanker during a mid-air refueling operation, killing four of six crew members. →

• A former ISIS supporter killed one person and wounded two others Thursday at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, before ROTC students tackled and subdued him. →

• A 41-year-old man rammed his vehicle into Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, on Thursday and died in a shootout with security guards. →

• The U.S. Treasury Department issued a license Wednesday authorizing all countries to purchase Russian crude oil and petroleum products loaded on vessels as of March 12 through April 11. →

• Iran claimed to have formally closed the Strait of Hormuz this week as attacks on commercial vessels reached at least 14 ships since February 28, echoing Tehran's 1980s tanker war tactics that ultimately prompted devastating U.S. naval retaliation. →

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March 13 1781: William Herschel discovers Uranus

The first new planet found with a telescope, expanding the known boundaries of the solar system beyond the traditional naked-eye planets. His discovery reshaped astronomy by proving the solar system was larger than previously thought and helped cement the use of telescopic surveys in finding new celestial bodies.

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