This summer I attended the celebration of life service for Dr. Rick Holm, the original Prairie Doc who founded this newspaper column, a radio show and a television show now entering its twentieth season. He…

Dear editor, It has occurred to me that violence happening during the withdrawal of U.S. service personnel from Afghanistan is as trying for the Taliban as it has for the U.S., other than perhaps the…

Dear editor, Every year, across the nation, we take preliminary action to protect our children in public schools by having children from pre-K through high school practice active shooter drills so they’re ready for the…

Galen Wayne Yoho, age 67, of Yates Center, passed away Aug. 14, 2021, at the Neosho Regional Medical Center, Chanute. He was born Dec. 30, 1953, in Yates Center, to Glay “Corky” Yoho and Rosalie…

Charles “Charlie” R. Turner, age 71, of Iola, formerly of Welda, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 am. on Tuesday, Aug. 31,…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., rushing from the Louisiana coast toward New Orleans and one of the nation’s most…

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — In hushed reverence, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving families Sunday under a gray sky as, one by one, the remains of 13 U.S. troops killed in…

I’m a respiratory therapist. With the fourth wave of the pandemic in full swing, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, the trajectory of the patients I see, from admission to critical care, is all…

Thrilled to return to school after last year’s quarantine, South Florida’s kids are putting on their masks each morning and forgetting about them for most of the day. Meanwhile, the adults quarrel: the governor with…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — American forces working under heightened security and the threat of another terror attack pressed ahead with the evacuation from Kabul’s airport Friday, the day after a suicide bombing at the gates…