Month: March 2019
The staff at Jefferson Elementary School does what they can to disguise the fact that their special education classroom was once a locker room. To help camouflage the room, it?s decorated as an aquarium. Colorful…
Two large placards in support of a school bond issue are propped against the west wall of Shields Barber Shop, 19 N. Jefferson Ave. Theyre good for starting a conversation about the April 2 vote,…
Whistling backstage at a performance venue is taboo. There?s a reason for that. Also, unlike other performance venues, the seats in Bowlus Fine Arts Center auditorium are set back farther from the stage. There?s a…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers in an attack broadcast in horrifying, live video by an immigrant-hating white…
Dear editor, I spent this morning studying the Registers online archives; reviewing articles and opinions about our upcoming school bond election. There has been a staggering amount of effort expended by citizens of the USD-257…
Screen time how much is too much? If we stop and look around whenever were out in a public space, we see more than one person looking at their phone. We see families in…
I had a hard time getting in gear Friday morning. Instead of heading out the door to work, I tarried to water my plants, carefully pruning the leaves past their prime. I gently wiped them…
Grace Hyatt Sept. 3, 1928-March 14, 2019 Grace Hyatt, Emporia, died at Newman Hospital in Emporia. Grace Pauline Hyatt went to be with her Lord and her husband in Heaven. Her cowboy went to…
William Bill Arthur Zimmerman, 87, died Friday, March 8, 2019, at Moran Manor. He was born June 9, 1931 in Kansas City, Mo., to William Alfred and Blanche (Covert) Zimmerman. He served in the U.S.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican legislators in Kansas helped advance Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys plan to boost funding for public schools Thursday before sending her an income tax relief bill that could make it harder…
