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Hutch Chamber to Host Local Civics Bee

By the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce RENO COUNTY, Kan. — The Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce has launched the 2025 National Civics Bee, which of the 2025 National Civics Bee, an initiative aimed at encouraging more young Americans to engage...

K-State entomologist leading project to track bee movement

A Kansas State University entomologist is leading a collaborative research project to track the movement of bee populations worldwide. Brian Spiesman launched the website BeeMachine.AI and a mobile app in 2020, which allows users to upload photos of bees. “All of those images and...

Marquette Woman Wins County Adult Spelling Bee

By Lucky KiddMcPHERSON COUNTY, Kan. — The 2024 McPherson County Adult Spelling Bee went 12 rounds Friday night before Gayle Nelson of Marquette came away as the county's top speller.Nelson correctly spelled finagle after correctly spelling...

Derek King of Moundridge Rules the County Spelling Bee

By Lucky Kidd McPHERSON COUNTY, Kan. — It took 14 rounds to decide the winner of the inaugural McPherson County Adult Spelling Bee Friday night at The Hub in Moundridge and a tiebreaker to decide second and third place.Derek...

McPherson Citywide Spelling Bee Champions

By Lucky Kidd McPHERSON, Kan. — It took 10 words between the final two spellers to decide the adult spelling champion of McPherson Thursday night. The tenth word, hyperthyroidism was spelled correctly by Dinah Strange to win the McPherson Public...

McPherson County Spelling Bee

The McPherson, Moundridge, Marquette, and Canton libraries are competing against each other in a battle of spelling on Aug. 25. Each public library participating will bring their three best spellers from their communities to compete in an adult spelling bee at the...