Earlier this week Annie Vogel dropped by a flier announcing the 125th anniversary of Savonburg’s Covenant Evangelical Church on April 30. “Come help us rejoice!” it said. No need to be a member. No need…

In 2019, the governors of Kansas and Missouri both committed to a truce, pausing the pointless, destructive tax border war. Prior to that, Kansas City-area companies would regularly leverage millions of dollars from their respective…

I’m sorry that a settlement was reached in the giant landmark defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. I mean, I’m not entirely sorry. It’s nice that Dominion will get compensated for…

Recently, I spent an hour sorting through newspaper stories from the mid-2000s about the sale of a regional drugstore chain. The week before, I skimmed articles from the 1960s about racial discrimination at a popular…

Hi Wichita. Feel like paying property taxes so Wichita’s millionaire Steven brothers don’t have to?  If you’re like me, that’s probably a hard no.  But it’s what the Kansas House of Representatives passed in the…

More than 2,000 Swiss women, their ages averaging in the low 70s, are suing their country’s government, arguing that Switzerland has violated their basic human rights by not doing enough to respond to climate change.…

Living in a small town is wonderful. Knowing people in the grocery store, the space and security for children to play in parks or yards and a shared sense of ownership with your neighbors to…

Dion Lefler’s recent piece in the Wichita Eagle about the ups and downs of Wichita’s AA baseball team the Wichita Wind Surge has me thinking about our expectations of what a new state park will…

“This is the opening night we’ve always wanted.”  Wichita City Council member Bryan Frye said it, and I couldn’t have said it better myself.  Tuesday’s home opener for the Wichita Wind Surge was what the…

Feisty sports matches need referees to take control early or risk mayhem on the field. In the furious battle over the rights to dwindling Colorado River water — a game with life-or-death stakes — the…