Abortion wasn’t directly on the ballot in Tuesday’s special election in Ohio, but it might as well have been. Voters resoundingly rejected a proposal that would have changed the requirements for amending the state constitution,…

Dear editor: As we work this summer to finalize the budget for 2024, the Allen County Commission continues to be mindful of the property tax burden being placed on our fellow citizens. To help ease…

Justice Elena Kagan provided a description of the Supreme Court this week that should go without saying but, judging by recent events, needs hammering home: “We’re not imperial.” Her comments about the importance of an…

One rainy day in April 2019, my phone buzzed and the caller ID lit up with “Supreme Court.” I stared at the two words for a moment. Was I in trouble? Then I remembered. A…

The world hardly needs another reminder of the true nature of Vladimir Putin’s Russian state, but last week brought one anyway: On Friday the opposition figure Alexei Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in prison…

Dear editor,  Over the past two weeks we’ve seen a couple of articles about the Allen County Landfill and recycling — or the lack thereof.  The first concerned the problem of blowing trash at the…

On Aug. 14, Dolly Parton is coming to Kansas to celebrate the statewide success of her Imagination Library program.  Dolly’s Imagination Library is an example of how music, art, and culture can intersect with social…

Last week’s congressional hearings on UAPs, more popularly known as UFOs, were unusual even by the standards of U.S. politics — in both content and style. Not only did members of the military and intelligence…

We’re only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact. In February, President Joe Biden gave orders to shoot down three unidentified aerial phenomena — NASA’s title for UFOs. Then,…

Dear editor, Kansas legislators have tabled a bill for medical marijuana. The Governor was ready to sign the bill, but lawmakers and law enforcement are against it. It is unconscionable for our legislators and the…