McPherson

• McPherson USD 418 will provide free SUN Meals to GO breakfasts and lunches for children ages 1 to 18 from May 28 through Aug. 6. →
• Members of the McPherson City Commission will attend the McPherson Area Solid Waste Utility meeting on Tuesday for information gathering. →
• The McPherson County Commission approved a $40,550 contract with McPherson Movers to relocate departments to the new administration facility. →
• The McPherson County Extension office requested a budget increase from the McPherson County Commission following significant growth in 4-H. →
• The McPherson County Fair Association presented its budget and plans for July 15-18 to the McPherson County Commission. →
• Steps to End Poverty of McPherson County requested its annual $35,000 allocation from the McPherson County Commission to fund its programs. →
• The McPherson High School boys track team won the AVCTL D3 league title in Winfield, while the girls team finished as league runner-up. →
• The McPherson High School girls softball team will host a Class 4A regional tournament at the Grant Complex in McPherson on May 19. →
• The McPherson High School boys baseball team will host a Class 4A regional tournament on May 19, facing Buhler in the opening round. →
• Cool and cloudy in McPherson today with a high near 60 and only a slight chance of a passing shower.

🌾 Kansas

• Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt named Kansas Farm Bureau President Joe Newland as her lieutenant governor running mate for the 2026 Republican gubernatorial primary, with Newland set to step down from Farm Bureau on June 1 when the pair files. →

• The National Weather Service received seven tornado reports May 18 as severe storms swept across north-central and northeast Kansas, with touchdowns confirmed in Clay, Washington, Marshall and other counties, though no injuries or fatalities were reported. →

• KBI Director Tony Mattivi sat as a defendant Monday in a federal civil trial brought by former Associate Director David Hutchings, who alleges his ouster violated his constitutional due-process rights. →

• Federal and state leaders opened the $75 million ATF Forensic Crime Gun Intelligence Laboratory at Wichita State University's Innovation Campus, where students and staff will analyze ballistic and DNA evidence linked to crimes nationwide. →

• Ongoing drought is severely cutting south-central Kansas wheat and corn prospects, with one farmer expecting test weights well below last year's and USDA rating Kansas winter wheat at just 15 percent good-to-excellent. →

🇺🇸 US

• Hill County, Texas, passed what may be the state's first county-level moratorium on data center construction, with commissioners voting 3-2 to impose a yearlong ban amid an influx of up to eight planned facilities in the area. →

• President Trump said Monday he halted a planned U.S. strike on Iran — scheduled for Tuesday — at the request of Gulf leaders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE to allow time for ongoing negotiations. →

• Three men were killed Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego in a shooting by two teenage gunmen that authorities are investigating as a hate crime, with one suspect's mother having reported him missing and suicidal hours before the attack. →

• The Trump administration established a nearly $1.8 billion fund Monday to compensate alleged victims of government "weaponization," settling a lawsuit Trump filed against his own IRS over the leaking of his tax returns. →

• New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration issued official press credentials to three self-described Luigi Mangione supporters ahead of a key hearing in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case, drawing criticism after one credentialed attendee publicly disparaged the victim outside the courthouse. →

Weather

MAY 19 1967: SOVIETS RATIFY TREATY BANNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM OUTER SPACE

The Soviet Union formally approved a United Nations–brokered treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons and military bases in outer space and on other celestial bodies. The agreement, already endorsed by the United States, Great Britain and dozens of nations, marked an early step in limiting the nuclear arms race during the Cold War.

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