A tractor spews mud up as it drags a weighted sled across the mud.
The final day of the Cass County Fair wraps up Sunday night with a tractor pull on the fairgrounds in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. (Cami Koons | Flatland)

Flatland’s Top 50 Stories From 2022: 35-31

December 27, 2022  |    |  1 min read

Flatland is taking a journey through our recent past during the holiday season, presenting 50 of our most popular, impactful or interesting stories of 2022 in chronological order between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2.

This is the fourth installment, featuring stories that first appeared between May 20 and June 23.

From May 20

From May 27

From June 16

From June 22

From June 23

Check back tomorrow for top stories from June 30 through Aug. 8.

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KU Center Helps Women Gain Foothold After Incarceration

A flier from her probation officer was the turning point for Jodi Whitt, who had spent more than two decades in and out of the criminal justice system. The piece of paper introduced Whitt to the Technology Education Program offered by the University of Kansas’ Center for Digital Inclusion. Since 2019, Whitt has risen through…

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