Over the past few weeks I have had an opportunity to talk to some true “outsiders” in Allen County, and I couldn’t have been more impressed.The Enbridge pipeline company and Koss Construction have added hundreds…

Carolyn Henry has lived with the horror of her little sister’s murder for 44 years.“I always have thought that someone knows something” that would lead to resolution of Sally Hutton’s bludgeoning and death here the…

Some people never want to be confused by facts.That’s the story that begs to be told from a rail in the Anderson County Review’s Phone Forum, a feature similar to the Register’s Sound Off! of…

A recent survey shows most residents really like Kansas as a place to live, but are worried about its economic future.The majority also favors increases in funding to education, including K-12 and state universities, as…

Young people think they are invulnerable, immune to the ills — social and physical — that befall their elders.They take risks when they shouldn’t. They respond when you’d like to think they wouldn’t.An event that…

In his campaign for president in 1928, Herbert Hoover ran on the prosperity platform, promising “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.”The Great Depression was on the heels of Hoover’s election.…

Thanks to the infusion of estrogen in the U.S. Senate, the country was saved from catastrophe this week. Specifically, Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Kelly Ayote, New Hampshire, and Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, reached across…

Friday morning is the public celebration of a new era of health care in Allen County. The 11 a.m. ribbon cutting celebrates a three-year effort to build a new hospital that comes with a new…

By the time this goes to print, perhaps the U.S. Congress will have agreed to pay its debts and fund its government. Fingers are crossed saner heads have prevailed. If not, the United States is…

Sen. Pat Roberts called for the resignation of Kathleen Sebelius Friday night, saying her reign as secretary of Health and Human Services is a failure.The proof? U.S. citizens applying for health insurance have overwhelmed the…