Month: September 2018
Cisha Ann Wallace, age 38, Humboldt, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, at her residence. Cisha was born June 8, 1980, in Fort Scott, to David W. Wallace and Diane L. Kerr Spear. Cisha…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is disputing a new television ad in which his Democratic rival in the gubernatorial race accuses him of saying the states schools are overfunded.…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) BNSF Railway is challenging a Kansas law that limits how long trains can block intersections. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Kansas Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in the case…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr says a flood over the Labor Day holiday weekend caused $17.2 million in structural damages in the city. Fehr told the Manhattan City Commission Tuesday that…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Board of Regents has approved an $85 million funding increase for state universities during the next two years. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the request approved Thursday would restore funding…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents will be receiving a 15 percent pay raise. The board approved the salary increase Thursday for Blake Flanders, whose $200,000 salary…
Carlyle Presbyterian Church Myrna Wildschuetz played The Wayfaring Stranger for the prelude and Lonely Road Up Calvarys Way for offertory. Pastor Steve Traws message, Help from the Sanctuary, was taken from Psalm 20. A fellowship…
At Weeks End As a young boy, Trine Ysusi and his family came north in the 1930s by way of an old Ford roadster, first cousin of jalopies that coughed and sputtered their way to…
Senior Life Solutions September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month; however, tragically, too many of us are aware of the impact suicide has on the lives of the survivors, friends and family members left behind…
Today is Saturday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2018. Autumn arrives at 9:54 p.m. Eastern time. Todays Highlight in History: On Sept. 22, 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. In 1862,…
