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Democrats need to win every single competitive Democratic-held seat in 2024 to defend their narrow majority in the Senate. Even then the party could lose control if Republicans win the White House.

The Miss Navajo Nation pageant has been held every year since 1952. Contestants in this year's pageant met for a weeklong celebration of the traditions of female Navajo Nation life.

Happy New Year from Kansas Public Radio! These area headlines are curated by KPR news staffers, including J. Schafer, Laura Lorson, Kaye McIntyre and Tom Parkinson. Our headlines are generally posted by 10 am weekdays. This news summary is made possible by KPR listener-members. Become one today!

Here are the headlines for our area, as compiled by KPR news staffers.

Severe storms knock out power to tens of thousands of Kansans...parents in central Kansas are upset over the closure of a rural high school...Topeka police are searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting...and the Powerball jackpot hits $900 million. Details on these stories and more are available here.

The Marion County Record was in the national spotlight last year when its offices were raided by local police. The small-town Kansas newspaper received the 2024 William Allen White National Citation, the first time the honor has ever been awarded to a media outlet instead of an individual journalist. Eric Meyer accepted the award and gave the keynote address at this year's KU's WAW Day.

How is the continuing war in Ukraine affecting global security? General Philip Breedlove, former NATO Supreme Allied Command Europe, was the keynote speaker at this year's KU Security Conference, moderated by Col. Mike Denning, USAF (retired).

Former Kansas Poet Laureate Eric McHenry joins us to talk about Langston Hughes, digital archive research, and the legend of Stagger Lee.

Disability rights activist Judith Heumann passed away this month at the age of 75. This week on KPR Presents, it's a special encore broadcast of our 2020 conversation.

Kaye McIntyre chats with guests about this month's featured book, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-First Century.