John Moyer

After three months of tension and frustration involving an impasse in contract negotiations between the Board of Education and certified personnel, the Board voted to approve a contract Tuesday. Read More

A crash-plagued intersection in East Topeka will get its second makeover in two years after the city council Tuesday night approved installation of a traffic light at S.E. 4th and Branner. Read More

Local Corner is an occasional feature of the Beacon Journal featuring local amateur and participatory results. Read More

Former students greeted Master Dave Burns with bows and applause Saturday during a kickathon to benefit his fight against cancer after defeating it 14 years ago. Read More

Negotiators for the Board of Education explained why they rejected a fact-finding committee's recommendation regarding a sick leave bank contract provision during closed a meeting with certified personnel negotiators Wednesday night. Read More

The 1955 Richwood Tigers football team was the last gridiron team from what is now the North Union Local School District not to lose a game prior to the current NU squad. Read More

Many Stillwater teachers are disappointed and disheartened by the Board of Education's decision to reject certain recommendations of a fact-finding committee regarding certified personnel contracts. Read More

The Board of Education voted to accept three out of four contract proposal recommendations made by a fact-finding committee regarding certified personnel contracts this morning. Read More

The Board of Education is poised to vote Tuesday whether to accept recommendations from a fact-finding committee regarding items that were declared at an impasse during contract negotiations for certified personnel more than two-and-a-half months ago. Read More

The Sheppton and Sharp Mountain tragedies were grim bookends of a quarter-century that was punctuated by disasters in the coal mines and elsewhere. Read More