Month: September 2018
The Southwind Extension District 4-H members competed on Saturday at the Kansas State Fair Poultry Judging Contest. The intermediate team of Abigail Mewies, Carly Kramer, Mary Brown and Ashley Riebel placed third in the state.…
Gabby Sharp, pictured with George at left, competed Saturday at the Kanas State Fair Dog Show. George received a purple ribbon in Intermediate Showmanship. A second dog, Benny, received a purple in the Novice Obedience…
Just as public-health officials were starting to celebrate their success at keeping cigarettes out of the hands of teens, a new threat to their health rushed in: electronic cigarettes. Even teens who never considered picking…
Health spending accounts for 18 percent of U.S. GDP, and disagreements about governments role in paying for these costs and ensuring coverage have become major issues on the campaign trail this year. Decisions made by…
Connie Joan Prock, age 77, of Iola, passed away Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, at Via Christi Saint Francis Hospital in Wichita. Connie was born Sept. 18, 1940, in Great Bend, to John Ira Fosdick and…
RALEIGH, N.C. In a final lashing Monday, the sprawling storm Florence triggered tornadoes, flooded communities and left hundreds of roads submerged as it crawled northward out of North Carolina. There were 25 known deaths…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) An 18-year-old has been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old at a suburban Kansas City child welfare office where children have been kept overnight because of a shortage of beds. The…
Barrett Young, a student at Pittsburg State University, will be in Humboldt Saturday to discuss Civil War gravesites. Young has concluded his research of members of the Union Army buried in Kansas, which will be…
HUMBOLDT There will be no Sunflower Quilters Guild meeting this month, organizers announced Monday. Members wanting to go on Shop Hop are to meet at the Humboldt United Methodist Church parking lot at 8:30…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Public fears about sewing needles concealed inside strawberries on supermarket shelves have spread across Australia and New Zealand as growers turn to metal detectors and the Australian government launches an investigation…
