Our bodies are made for activity, but modern conveniences allow us to be increasingly inactive. Building strength promotes quality of life and independence, especially for adults over 50.  Here’s the good news: the “Stay Strong,…

Dear Dr. Roach: Have you ever heard of a gallbladder being stuck to the intestines? That’s what the surgeon found when I went to have mine removed. Two days later, I went home with my…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday, “Life Amid Three Worlds,” was taken from Luke 12:29-31, 34. Myrna Wildschuetz played “God Understands My Tears” medley for her prelude. The Rev. Tom Bevard sang “The…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita’s annual Midwest Winefest fundraiser will have to find a new wine distributor after its partner, Standard Beverage, pulled out of the event because organizers decided not to invite back certain…

The Prairie Dell 4-H Club met Monday at the Allen County Critical Response Center to tour the 911 center. Karen Kimbell explained how the 911 center reacts to an emergency call. Club members then had…

An eleventh-hour payment of $16,644 for delinquent utility bills averted a threatened cutoff of electricity at tiny Hillsboro Community Hospital in central Kansas. The city, 50 miles north of Wichita and home to about 3,000…

Iola High School has announced its second-quarter honor rolls for 2018-19. Honor roll is on a 4 point scale with an “A” counting 4 points, “B” counting 3 and a “C” counting 2. Students earning…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recovery from cancer surgery is “on track” and no further treatment is required. But the 85-year-old justice will miss court arguments next week. Court…

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Federal workers received pay stubs Friday with nothing but zeroes on them as the effects of the government shutdown hit home, deepening anxieties about mortgage payments and unpaid bills. All told,…

Well, it?s officially the New Year, and for millions of Americans, that means that the annual tradition of trying diets, counting carbs, and trudging to the gym is fully underway. But after years of setting,…