2017 News Archive

  • Bradbury named next KPA executive director

    December 15, 2017

    Emily Bradbury, assistant director of the Kansas Press Association, has been named executive director effective Aug. 1, 2018.Bradbury will succeed current executive director Doug Anstaett. He will...

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  • Don't miss out on world-class leadership training

    November 30, 2017

    The Kansas Press Association staff encourages all member newspapers to consider participating in a new leadership training program opportunity slated for 2018. You can receive a world class...

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  • KPA plans to conduct market, readership study

    November 9, 2017

    The Kansas Press Association Board of Directors voted Nov. 2 to approve a market research and readership study. The board authorized Doug Anstaett, KPA executive director, to begin negotiations with...

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  • AOE entries down slightly following deadline

    November 9, 2017

    The change of the annual meeting date for the Kansas Press Association from April to February created some unintended consequences this year, and it resulted in a drop of about 10 percent in the...

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  • Parker buys Chapman & Enterprise News-Times

    November 9, 2017

    The Chapman & Enterprise News-Times, a weekly newspaper based in Chapman, Kan., has been sold to David Parker of Enid, Okla. The sale is effective Jan. 1, 2018. The publication was owned and...

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  • Two Kansas newspapers change hands

    October 25, 2017

    Kansas newspapers in southwest and northwest Kansas have changed hands. Western TimesLace David has purchased the Western Times in Sharon Springs from Sunny Henderson. Henderson had been the owner...

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  • Krier, 77, founded Main Street Media

    October 18, 2017

    John "Jack" Ronald Krier, 77, of Warsaw, Mo., died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. He suffered a massive heart attack Oct. 9.Jack was born Sept. 24, 1940 in Mitchell, S...

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  • KPA lands Leadership Transformation Grant

    October 12, 2017

    The Kansas Press Association office recently received some great news. A month ago, Emily Bradbury, assistant director of the Kansas Press Association, submitted a grant application to the Kansas...

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  • KPA regional meetings set for Oct. 20, Nov. 10

    October 12, 2017

    The fourth and fifth in a series of regional meetings of the 2017 Kansas Press Association are scheduled Friday, Oct. 20 at the Wall Family Center in Parsons and Friday, Nov. 10 at the Kansas Press...

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  • Services set for Steve Logback, former KNF director

    October 4, 2017

    Steven Edward Logback, associate vice president of communications and marketing at Kansas State University, died unexpectedly on Sept. 28, 2017. He was 49.  Logback, who served as executive director...

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