Topeka

• McPherson County Community Foundation opened a fund to support families by the tragedy at a Wichita soccer field. →
• The McPherson-based Hack and Scratch podcast released Episode 16, discussing area high school football and the recent tragedy in Wichita. →
• Topeka Planning Commission approved zoning amendments to allow tiny home villages by permitting multiple detached homes on a single lot. →
• Shawnee County faces major expenses to replace a complex HVAC system at the health department J.P. Lewis Building in Topeka. →
• Shawnee County officials identified a Topeka stormwater line as the cause of basement flooding at the county administration building. →
• Shawnee County is evaluating roof repair and replacement options after wind and hail damaged the county North Annex. →
• Shawnee County commissioners discussed consolidating scattered administrative offices into a single government center facility. →
• Expect mostly sunny skies in Topeka today with a high near 71°F and just a slight chance of a stray shower after 10 a.m.

🌾 Kansas

• McPherson stadium overflows as Bullpups beat Augusta 8-0 in first game since a Wichita crash killed two of the community's own. →

• Trump rallied for Sen. Roger Marshall in Park City on Oct. 19 in his first Wichita-area visit in a decade. →

• Federal prosecutors charged Jaden J. Read, 24, of Clearwater with threatening to shoot President Trump ahead of his Oct. 19 Park City rally after a Crime Stoppers tip led to his arrest. →

• About 12,600 people voted in person in Johnson County on the first day of early voting Oct. 17, nearing 2024 presidential-year turnout, as Sedgwick County opened in-person voting Oct. 19. →

• Investors have proposed a "Great Plains Defense Autonomy Hub" west of Topeka Regional Airport to extract rare earth elements and manufacture magnets and motors using a coal-waste leaching process. →

🇺🇸 US

• Elon Musk pledged on X Oct. 19 to give one SpaceX share to every child in America in 2027, a gift estimated at about $10.5 billion. →

• Harris and Dallas counties reported record first-day early voting turnout Oct. 19 ahead of Texas' Nov. 3 general election, with Harris logging more than 104,000 in-person votes. →

• The Supreme Court on Oct. 19 declined to hear appeals seeking to restore plea agreements for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants, leaving them facing possible death sentences. →

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told U.S. lawmakers Oct. 19 that the Pentagon was delaying paid-for air-defense interceptors as Russia struck Ukraine's power grid overnight, cutting power to at least 550,000 households. →

• Alberta voters rejected a path toward separation from Canada in an Oct. 19 provincial referendum, with about 76.5% favoring remaining in Canada in early results. →

Weather

OCTOBER 20, 1967: BIGFOOT CAPTURED ON FILM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

A short clip shot in a remote California forest claims to show the mythical ape man “Bigfoot,” electrifying believers and sparking decades of controversy. Years later, when a prominent Bigfoot researcher sent a related hair sample to the FBI, tests found it was from a member of the deer family, not an unknown creature.

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