For more than three months we’ve watched in helpless horror as the events in Ukraine have unraveled. On the heels of  joining a Western alliance  last fall, the Eastern European country was invaded by Russian…

Years ago Art Linkletter wrote a book, “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” That they do, and I wish I had written down what I’ve heard from my grandchildren in recent years.I remember a few.One day…

Iolan Jerod Franklin had an observation that shouldn’t be overlooked in zeal to upgrade schools. Or for that matter, in the vast improvement in health care brought about by construction of the new Allen County…

Dear editor,I don’t see what the big deal is about having chickens in the city limits. I grew up on North Jefferson and we always had at least a dozen chickens and three or four…

The main auditorium was about two-thirds full for the one-time performance of “The Miracle Worker” Saturday night at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Professional actors from the Montana Repertory Theatre staged the well-known production about…

The best part of working as a volunteer helping Kansans enroll for health insurance is when a neighbor gets affordable coverage. Often they come in uncertain if this is something they want any part of,…

It’s never too early to think about school improvements for USD 257, and the very substantial advantages they would provide.Much will be known about what shape and scope plans for upgrades will take after a…

In an effort to thwart successful enrollment in the new health insurance program, a state senator has introduced legislation requiring Marketplace Navigators to be certified by the state’s attorney general before they can advise consumers…

Half jokingly I mentioned the other day I was thinking about trading off my old pickup truck.“You can’t do that,” a friend replied. “No one would know you in a new one.”I bought my Ford…

The only Kansan I have heard participating in the 2014 Olympics is Allison McFarland, a business and economics professor at Bethel College, Newton. McFarland, 52, is working as a volunteer at the event. The experience…