I sat at my desk, trying to decide what to write on a birthday card for someone who is turning 102.Should I go the witty route, cracking some joke about what things were like before…

“Tengo dos pesos,” I repeat back to the instructor inside the DVD as I drive the now familiar road to Topeka.My son, Tim, is about to marry Violeta, a native of El Salvador. The Spanish…

Don’t think red or blue, think green. That’s the advice of those who want the environment to supersede the politics of Republicans and Democrats.In Kansas anti-environmentalists are pushing for a rollback of renewable energy standards…

Parsons commissioners voted Monday to purchase three used vehicles, two patrol cars and a truck. The three cost just a touch over $50,000.Chief of Police Scott Gofourth told the Parsons Sun it was an opportunity…

A planned memorial park honoring Kansas’ President Dwight D. Eisenhower hangs in jeopardy because Eisenhower’s heirs dispute its design by architecture great Frank Gehry.Eisenhower’s granddaughters, specifically Susan and Anne, are at odds with the design…

Last week the Kansas House of Representatives voted to allow concealed carry of guns in municipal, county and state buildings if they lacked adequate security including metal detectors and guards.The very thought makes Tom Williams,…

The first Tuesday of next month, citywide elections will be held. On the ballot for the Iola board of education, the slate is empty for Member District No. 5. Buck Quincy has held the position…

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The new Common Core curriculum is coming under fire by no less than Kansas legislators — our new experts in education.Besides taking umbrage at the Kansas Supreme Court’s role in deciding how schools should be…