Newton

• Newton High School students Orlando Gonzalez and Caroline Rickard were crowned 2026 fall homecoming king and queen in Newton. →
• The Harvey County Commission will hold a public hearing in Newton on Tuesday regarding delinquent solid waste fees. →
• Kansas statute requires local taxing entities to hold public revenue neutral rate hearings before voting to increase property tax revenues. →
• A fitness demonstration video details how to strengthen hamstrings and glutes using a single dumbbell for good morning exercises. →
• Expect partly sunny skies today with a light east-southeast breeze and a high reaching 81°F.

🌾 Kansas

• DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin denied ICE conducted worksite operations in Kansas as agents ended enforcement in Dodge City and Garden City, with community organizers estimating more than 50 people detained. →

• The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to let DHS resume expanded SAVE citizenship checks on voter rolls, reviving a Kansas-required program despite a lower court ruling it violated privacy protections. →

• Wichita police arrested 21-year-old Juan Valenzuela-Silva on suspicion of capital murder after three relatives were found shot to death Sept. 26, using Flock license-plate cameras to locate him near Augusta within about two hours. →

• Wichita police warned that vandalizing Flock Safety cameras could bring felony charges after a camera pole was cut down and replaced with a "DeFlock Sedgwick County" sign. →

• The American Institute of Biological Sciences urged Fort Hays State University and the Kansas Board of Regents on Sept. 25 to preserve the Sternberg Museum of Natural History amid budget cuts threatening its future. →

🇺🇸 US

• McDonald's shares fell more than 5% on Sept. 23 after the chain warned of persistent weak customer demand tied to inflation and rising GLP-1 drug use. →

• President Trump said Sept. 26 he approved lower fuel-economy standards, advancing a Republican rollback of Biden-era rules critics call an "electric vehicle mandate." →

• A divided federal appeals court on Sept. 25 upheld the Pentagon's national-security risk designation against Anthropic, barring its technology from defense contracts. →

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sept. 25 that President Trump agreed to let Ukraine build Patriot interceptor missiles, a move that could help replenish depleted U.S. stockpiles. →

• A U.S.-secured corridor along Oman’s coast is helping more oil move through the Strait of Hormuz, while preliminary data show Saudi crude exports on track to more than double from August to about 5.4 million barrels a day in September. Prices nevertheless rose as hopes for a peace deal faded. →

Weather

September 28, 1918: Philadelphia Parade Exposes Thousands to Spanish Flu

A massive Liberty Loan parade in Philadelphia brought large crowds together just as a deadly new wave of influenza was emerging. The gathering accelerated the spread of the Spanish flu through the city, overwhelming hospitals and leading to thousands of deaths.

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