Some of you remember my mother, Grace Fulks Myers. She contracted diphtheria, known as  “the Strangler,” in about 1916 or 1917  at age 5 or 6 years.  In 1890, Koch proteges Behring and Kitasato were…

Proposed legislation to allow state tax dollars for parents to send at-risk students to private schools is a disaster trying to happen. Enacting the Student Empowerment Act would shift the foundation of Kansas public education.…

Dear editor, The Iola City Council will soon vote on the future of the old Arkhaven Nursing Home. Like many times in the past, the decision is not an easy one. Anytime your friends, family, and neighbors…

The headline was that Kansas legislators overturned Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a new Congressional District voting map. But the real news was that to get enough votes, Senate Republicans agreed to appease the anti-vax…

 We’ll be talking about Monday’s decision for years. Not because it’s Valentine’s Day, a moment long ago when a Catholic priest named Saint Valentine was executed for ignoring the edicts of a tyrannical Roman emperor…

Dear editor, Adding insult to injury, the Kansas Senate caved to one of its members this week to get passage of a voting map by adding legislation to eliminate the requirement for childhood immunizations. No…

Dear editor, Forty-seven years ago, my family and I moved from Colborn to Garfield Street. At that time, there were only a few buildings north of us — the nursing home built by Jim Lewis,…

Dear editor, One of the greatest honors of my life was to serve as Iola’s mayor for over a decade. Our next council meeting has brought back fond memories. Every year the Kansas League of…

NEAR KYIV, Ukraine — In a snow-covered forest one hour outside Kyiv, I am watching 250 Ukrainian civilians train to defend their capital if the Russians invade. It’s hard to comprehend that in 2022 —…

It would have taken just one state senator Tuesday to kill the most corrupt deal in modern Kansas legislative history. One. One Republican senator with the courage to oppose the trade of Kansas kids’ health…