People are busy. Families are busy. Lives are chaotic and full. Sometimes we forget that all of our days are made up of minutes and seconds that make up our lives. Everyone, rich, middle class,…

A few years ago when Leon Thompson auctioned the prize-winning pie at the Kincaid Fair I couldn’t resist.Two reasons: I’m a fool for a good homemade pie — which it most certainly was — and…

As fall draws near, motorists would be well advised to watch more closely for deer crossing roads and highways.During the rut, the time when deer go into a mating frenzy, the animals range about more,…

Kansas Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood seems caught up in a wave of rationalization.After inmates at the Norton facility rioted a week ago, he reasoned mass protests that have unfurled across the nation in recent weeks…

Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins’ announcement of a few weeks ago that she would forego seeking re-election created seismic political pressures in the Kansas Second District, which includes Allen County.Jenkins had hinted of her announcement earlier, and…

The mission of Humanity House is to bridge the disconnect in our community. We are like the links in a great chain. When Humanity House first came to be, there were hundreds of separate pieces…

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump agreed to raise the debt ceiling and increase spending to avert an imminent government shutdown.Mr. Trump stunned fellow Republicans by agreeing with congressional Democratic leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep.…

Tom Ellis is, if anything, visionary. He has a deep love for Iola — returned when he could have stayed in California, more conducive to his artistic bent — and spends a good measure of…

It was an unpleasant coincidence that the same day thousands of Kansas households received fundraising letters from Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt the news broke that President Donald Trump was rescinding DACA, the program that…

Lack of transportation is a major barrier for people to gain and keep employment. It’s also one of the biggest obstacles keeping people in poverty.  As a person who walks pretty much everywhere I go,…