Category: News
Cherokee County Commissioners nix wind development
Surrounding counties have mostly allowed the introduction of wind farms, but the Cherokee County Commission took a stand Monday, unanimously…
Leavenworth Dems get school board candidate fired, call state rep ‘Nazi’
A candidate for school board in Leavenworth and a sitting state representative have found themselves the target of “Cancel Culture.”…
KS Highway Patrol fights to destroy innocent man’s classic Corvette
When Richard Martinez bought a 1959 Corvette from an Indiana used car dealer, the Kansas man had no reason to…
Supreme Court issues stay in SB 40 case
After intervention by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the Kansas Supreme Court has issued a stay in the case involving…
Blue Valley asks students to declare preferred pronouns
Under the guise of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), teachers in Blue Valley are asking students to declare their preferred…
Oklahoma new educator symposium blasts cops, white women
As the Sentinel has been reporting for several weeks now, Critical Race Theory — disguised as “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,”…
JoCo Sheriff opts department out of county vaccine, testing mandate
When county officials asked Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden to opt his department into a county government initiative requiring employees…
Blue Valley teacher violates student’s privacy over medical mask exemption
A Blue Valley Northwest teacher is under fire today after parents complained she promised to tell her Facebook followers whether…
Labette County woman seeks to use initiative process to impose wind regs
In Reno County, a protest petition managed to stop the construction of an industrial wind generation facility, but a Labette…
GOP leaders to Governor: Stop illegally spending COVID relief funds
Republican leaders in the Kansas House and Kansas Senate will consider legal action against Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration over its…
Truth in Taxation is already saving millions in property tax
Now that local officials have to be honest about the entire property tax increase they impose on residents and businesses,…
Attorneys say school districts can opt out of mask mandate
Johnson County’s Legal Director, an attorney in private practice, and arguably a State Attorney General opinion all say school districts…
Reno County wind farm blocked, lawsuit under way
At least one potential wind project in Kansas has been stopped — at least for now. A petition circulated in…
Critical race theory found in Hiawatha school district
On July 16, Hiawatha Superintendent of Schools Lonnie Moser sent a letter to parents stating unequivocally that “Critical Race Theory”…
Confusion reigns on emergency orders after judge issues SB 40 ruling
Morris County officials are operating as if Senate Bill 40 is still in effect thanks in part to the threat…
Teacher leaves Shawnee Mission over critical race theory, masks
Critical race theory and mask mandates prompted at least one Shawnee Mission School District teacher to throw in the towel…
Miami County doesn’t track COVID data; KDHE hides it
The Miami County Health Department issues COVID recommendations to school districts, but they apparently do so without any knowledge of…
AG’s office asks Kansas Supreme Court to grant SB 40 stay
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking the Kansas Supreme Court to pause a District Court judge’s ruling that the…
Shawnee Mission requires masks for elementary kids
Elementary students and staff in Shawnee Mission schools are required to wear masks this fall but masks are just “highly…
8th circuit court accepts appeal of religious freedom case
In what is at least a short-term victory, a lawsuit by the College of the Ozarks will move forward after…
Kelly admin is pushing COVID-19 testing, vaccines in schools
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is urging school districts to plan for the upcoming school year by pledging…
Legislation would establish statewide standards for wind turbines
Last legislative session Senator Mike Thompson introduced a bill that would have established statewide standards for the rapidly proliferating –…
More disclosure of SMSD’s Deep Equity / CRT indoctrination
A Sentinel report earlier this month on Shawnee Mission spending $400,000 on Deep Equity / critical race theory indoctrination drew…
Parent abandons SMSD due to CRT indoctrination
Shawnee Mission parent Jeff Arant has decided to homeschool his soon-to-be kindergartner because he doesn’t want his son exposed to…