Rose Conlon

2 weeks ago | kcur.org | Rose Conlon

PILSEN, Kansas – As an Army chaplain, Father Emil Kapaun didn’t carry a gun. But President Barack Obama, while awarding him a posthumous Medal of Honor for his bravery in the Korean War, said the Catholic priest from Kansas wielded the mightiest weapon of all. “A love for his brothers so pure,” Obama said during the 2013 ceremony, “that he was willing to die so that they might live.”Kapaun dragged injured soldiers to safety during the Battle of Unsan.

2 weeks ago | kansaspublicradio.org | Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga |Rose Conlon

Read this story in English. El brote de sarampión en el suroeste de Kansas continúa creciendo. Los datos del State Health- Departamento de Salud Estatal muestran que en seis condados 23 personas han dado resultado positivo a sarampión desde principios de este año. Los datos publicados el miércoles mostraron que el número de casos y los condados afectados por la propagación se han duplicado.

3 weeks ago | kake.com | Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga |Rose Conlon

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3 weeks ago | kcur.org | Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga |Rose Conlon

An outbreak of measles in southwest Kansas continues to grow. State health data shows 10 people in Grant, Stevens and Morton counties, all under the age of 18, have tested positive for measles since the start of this year. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment first reported a measles case in Stevens County March 13, stating it was the first measles case in Kansas since 2018. But the state’s measles dashboard also shows two cases, one in January and one in February.

1 month ago | hppr.org | Rose Conlon

WINFIELD – On a recent Sunday morning, sunlight filtered into Grace United Methodist Church through stained glass windows depicting the life of Christ. At the pulpit was Pastor Charles McKinzie. “I use he/him pronouns,” he told congregants gathered for service, “and I welcome you into this space.”McKinzie, who calls himself a lifelong Republican, grew up in a Protestant church that taught that homosexuality and gender diversity went against Christian teachings.