McPherson

• LOCATION CHANGE: Due to rain, the McPherson All Schools Day May Fete opening night talent showcase will move to the McPherson High School auditorium. →
• The McPherson City Commission accepted the annual financial audit, which showed a strong increase in assets and compliant record-keeping. →
• The McPherson Board of Public Utilities reported that electric infrastructure rebuilds in the Countryside area are 95 percent complete. →
• Tara Williams of McPherson Center for Health won the Excellence in Service Award from the Kansas Association of Medical Staff Services. →
• McPherson College is launching a new experiential engineering bachelor's degree this August, naming Michael Stichter as department chair. →
• McPherson High School boys varsity golf finished second out of 13 teams at Salina Municipal Golf Course with a team score of 326. →
• The McPherson High School boys varsity tennis team placed second in the AVCTL League Tournament held at Buhler High School on Tuesday. →
• McPherson High School girls soccer defeated Buhler 6-0 in Buhler on Tuesday; Allison Randa and Grace Prescott each scored twice. →
• McPherson County Jail Logs →
• Keep an umbrella handy for some light morning showers, but expect skies to stay mostly cloudy with a high near 55 degrees as we head into the afternoon.

🌾 Kansas

• Gov. Laura Kelly signed a proclamation April 30 placing all 105 Kansas counties under drought declarations, with seven counties in emergency status as extreme drought expands across western regions. →

• Leawood pastor Adam Hamilton raised $1.01 million from 6,700 donors in the first four days of his Democratic U.S. Senate campaign, surpassing the combined first-quarter fundraising of incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and eight other declared Democratic candidates. →

• Empire District Electric Co. has asked the Kansas Corporation Commission for a $15.8 million rate increase that would raise the average residential bill in Cherokee County by roughly 40% over three years, from $135.38 to $189.83 monthly. →

• Kansas Republican legislative leaders are unlikely to call a special session before the 2026 election to address property tax relief or congressional redistricting, despite pressure from GOP gubernatorial candidate Philip Sarnecki. →

• Kansas' Sunflower Summer program will run July 9 through Aug. 2, offering free admission to 220-plus attractions for school-age residents, funded by a $2.75 million legislative appropriation. →

🇺🇸 US

• The U.S. is close to a one-page agreement with Iran that would freeze nuclear enrichment for at least 12 years, require Tehran to ship highly enriched uranium out of the country, and lift American sanctions in return, according to U.S. officials briefed on talks led by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. →

• At least five of seven Indiana state senators who voted against Trump's congressional redistricting plan lost their Republican primaries Tuesday to Trump-endorsed challengers, reinforcing the president's ability to punish GOP officeholders who defy him. →

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio, already serving as national security adviser, led the White House press briefing Tuesday in place of Karoline Leavitt, spending nearly an hour fielding questions on Iran, gas prices, and Cuba while sparking 2028 speculation among cable news commentators. →

• Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is raising funds from government-backed investors at a valuation of roughly $50 billion, up sharply from earlier discussions, with China's state-backed National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund in advanced talks to participate. →

• Married adults face substantially lower cancer rates than never-married counterparts, with rates roughly 68% higher among never-married men and 83% higher among never-married women, according to a study of more than 4 million cancer cases published in Cancer Research Communications. →

Weather

MAY 6, 1935: FDR CREATES THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order establishing the Works Progress Administration to put millions of unemployed Americans back to work during the Great Depression. In exchange for wages, WPA workers built public infrastructure like highways, schools and hospitals, and funded arts projects employing actors, writers and artists.

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