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TOPEKA — A Kansas school district investigated an incident in which an elementary school principal invited a missionary to pass out Bibles at recess, the superintendent said in a statement Wednesday.The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas sent a letter Monday to Katie Struebing, principal of East Elementary School in the roughly 2,000-person city of Belleville, asserting that the school violated the First Amendment.Struebing recruited a member of the evangelical Christian organization Gideons International, Ben Dreesen, to hand out Bibles to students during their recess on May 7, according to the letter, which was penned by Monica Bennett, ACLU of Kansas legal director.The Republic County school district conducted a “thorough investigation” this summer, the district’s superintendent, Tami Knedler, said in an emailed statement Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — “Mass deportation now!” is a catchphrase for the Trump presidential campaign, as the Republican nominee proposes a crackdown on immigration that would oust thousands of undocumented people.Often citing a deportation operation enacted by former President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed in campaign rallies that he plans to not only go back to the tough immigration policies of his first term in office, but expand them greatly.“We’re going to have the largest deportation,” Trump said at a June campaign rally in Racine, Wisconsin.

Maggie Brown, an Avionics and Electrical Systems Engineer at Textron Aviation, has been honored as a 2024 NextGen Under 30 Kansas award recipient.

Butler Community College’s Life Enrichment will host Butler’s volleyball, football, and soccer coaches along with Jimmy Griggs on Tuesday, Sept.

Butler Community College is pleased to announce Dr.

It was just 10 years ago that El Dorado lost a well-loved, ambitious, young man.

The Kansas Department of Transportation will close a road at El Dorado State Park for a bridge repair soon.