Month: May 2019

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Mission control consoles used by NASA to guide trips to the moon are being restored by experts in Kansas and will soon be returned to the control room in Houston, Texas,…

Overflowing rivers and reservoirs across Kansas are already producing significant flooding, particularly in the southeast corner of the state. But, forecasters say, things could get much worse over the next several days as slow-moving thunderstorms…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City is offering a range of events for this Memorial Day weekend. The memorial also is offering free admission for…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Revenue is trying to refill dozens of jobs that were eliminated last year when the state awarded two no-bid contracts to outsource its information technology work. The…

Bob and Maude Burns celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Tuesday, May 28, 2019. They’ll have a family dinner Monday and are requesting a card shower.  Correspondence may be mailed to 217 North St., Apt. 101,…

I have yet to find the sugar, but I spied a bottle of soy sauce in our bedroom next to the hockey sticks. When you’re in a hurry to evacuate, any semblance of organization goes…

Please join Bonnie Ladd’s family in honoring her with a card shower for her 90th birthday. Bonnie June Bradford Ladd was born in rural Altoona on June 1, 1929, and graduated from Chanute High School.…

Robbie Baker slowly swung his metal detector, then motioned me over when he heard high-pitched chirps in his earphones. His prediction: “It’s a bullet.” After three swift cuts with a small shovel, Robbie flipped out…

Presbyterian Church Pastor Steve Traw’s message on May 19 was “The Lord’s Death” taken from John 19:1-18.     Myrna Wildschuetz played “I Saw the Light” for the prelude. Rita Sanders at the organ played…

The National Weather Service is investigating why a warning wasn’t issued for a small northeast Kansas town when a tornado hit the city. The Kansas City Star reports that the EF1 tornado developed early Friday…