Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

Clay Wirestone is opinion editor with the Kansas Reflector.

Stories by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

Marion County Record newspaper box.

Powerful Voices Speak Up After Police Raid Kansas Newspaper

By Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector | August 14, 2023

The police raid of a small Kansas newspaper, the Marion County Record, has drawn widespread condemnation of an apparent violation of First Amendment rights.

The centerpiece of the new Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum in Atchison is the plane Muriel, named for Earhart’s younger sister, Grace Muriel Earhart Morrissey. The plane is the one remaining Lockheed Electra 10-E, which Earhart piloted on her final voyage.

New Amelia Earhart Museum Gleams with the Energy, Innovation and Bravery of its Subject

By Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector | April 14, 2023

The sparkling new hangar-museum at Atchison’s Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport does more than just pay tribute to its namesake’s life and career.

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