Dear editor,The Board of USD 257 is clearly within its right to make the decision on attendance centers because of the agreed to dates: asked for and given at the meeting of March 9. That…

A traffic stop is a humiliating event for most folks.The overwhelming majority mean to be law-abiding citizens, though it certainly isn’t unusual to fudge a little with traffic laws. I fight the temptation to pause…

Without getting too intimate, I was having trouble going to bed with my husband. As in getting a good night’s sleep.He’s not your classic snorer. No inhalations with the force to pull in Jonah or…

Teachers again are in the crosshairs of Kansas legislators. Poor educators; they must feel they are walking targets these days.This time the aim is to prevent teachers and other state employees from having union dues…

The seeds of change for school finance are being sewn in the Senate Committee on Education. Hearings begin today on a plan led by its chairman, Republican Steve Abrams, who for years has been itching…

Dear editor,I read an article about a candidate for your local school board. It was a feature on Dan Willis. I want to comment about Dan based on experience from the past.I am a management…

Here’s the scenario:A distraught man walks into the Allen County Courthouse and after an argument brandishes a handgun. Another man — it’s tax-paying time and a crowd awaits — also draws a handgun from under…

A recurring theme among candidates contending for city leadership roles is the need for change. For almost 100 years, every city in Allen County has been losing population at a slow but steady rate to…

You have to wonder if Gov. Sam Brownback had based his 2014 campaign on gutting education if he would have won.That would have been the honest track, and who knows, may still have won him…

You’ll never find “master gardener” after my name, but with this week’s warmer weather and a drive-by look at the Elm Creek Community Garden’s freshly worked soil, the thought of diving into the garden space…