McPherson

• The Kansas Department of Transportation removed the Galva bypass option from the U.S. 56 Corridor Study while advancing other projects. →
• The Moundridge Lions Club purchased a new community grill using a grant from the McPherson County Community Foundation. →
• The Kansas Highway Patrol promoted a Lindsborg resident to the rank of major. →
• The McPherson Community Theatre will present Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka musical from June 19-21 at the McPherson Opera House. →
• The McPherson Opera House will screen the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory on June 11. →
• The McPherson Convention & Visitors Bureau will host a free summer movie series at the McPherson Opera House starting June 12, 2026. →
• The McPherson Center for Health has released summer heat safety tips to help residents avoid heat-related illness. →
• Get ready for a hot and windy day in McPherson, with sunny skies and a high near 96°F, though you'll definitely feel those south-southeast gusts reaching up to 32 mph.

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🌾 Kansas

• Wichita officials are poised to approve roughly $100 million in corporate property tax breaks, with the bulk going to Boeing Wichita, which would pay no Sedgwick County property taxes for 10 years under the proposal up for votes Tuesday and Wednesday. →

• KDOT closed all lanes of Interstate 70 through downtown Topeka on June 8 as part of the $239 million Polk-Quincy Viaduct project, with the closure expected to last through December and through traffic diverted to I-470. →

• Federal prosecutors charged Leawood resident Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, and two California men with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS, alleging the trio sent money and discussed drone strike plots against U.S. troops via Discord between February 2025 and June 2026. →

• The Kansas State Board of Education met June 8 to discuss implementation of a new state law banning student cell phone use during the school day, which takes effect Sept. 1 and requires individual districts to draft compliance plans. →

• Oklahoma defeated Kansas 13-2 on June 8 to sweep the Jayhawks out of the NCAA Super Regionals, sending the Sooners to the College World Series in Omaha. →

🇺🇸 US

• The newest Patriot interceptors take more than two years to build at roughly $4 million each, and the Pentagon's deal with Lockheed Martin to triple production to 2,000 annually won't be met until late 2030 as wars in Iran and Ukraine strain stockpiles. →

• Iran launched nearly 30 ballistic missiles at Israel on June 7, 2026, prompting Israeli airstrikes on military sites across Tehran, Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Tabriz before both governments pledged to halt the exchange by Monday afternoon. →

• Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on June 8, 2026 for a two-day state visit with Kim Jong Un — his first trip to North Korea in seven years — pledging deeper strategic coordination on trade, agriculture, and science. →

• Apple unveiled a redesigned Siri AI built on Google's Gemini models at its June 8 WWDC keynote, with the standalone app able to buy tickets, plan events, and interact with photos, though it won't launch in the EU or China at release. →

• President Trump was met with sustained boos at Madison Square Garden on Monday during Game 3 of the NBA Finals, which the San Antonio Spurs won 115-111 over the Knicks to end New York's 13-game winning streak. →

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JUNE 9, 1934: DONALD DUCK MAKES HIS ON-SCREEN DEBUT IN “THE WISE LITTLE HEN”

Donald Duck enters pop culture in the 1934 Silly Symphony cartoon “The Wise Little Hen,” where he and his friend Peter Pig try to dodge farm work by faking stomach aches. When Mrs. Hen sees through their ruse, she shows them the value of honest labor, setting the tone for Donald’s irascible but enduring persona.

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