Susan Booth admits her sales pitch to son Logan could have used some polish. “I said, ‘I’ll pay you half of what you’re making now, with no company truck, if you’ll come work with me,’”…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My husband and I alternate families for Thanksgiving every year. My in-laws have a very different way of celebrating. My mother-in-law does all the cooking and cleaning up,…

Forgive Dee Bedenbender if his candy-throwing marksmanship is off Saturday. Bedenbender and wife Sheila are the farm marshals for the upcoming Farm-City Days celebration, and thus will be one of the featured participants in Saturday’s…

Mary Rosaker McDonald has had a heckuva time retiring. She first tried after 23 years as a nurse at the Topeka Veterans Affairs Medical Center. “I couldn’t handle retirement,” she said. “I lasted six months.”…

HANOVER — “He is finally home!  After almost 79 years, he is finally home!” So reads the obituary published earlier this month for Pvt. Robert Herynk, who was killed at age 27 on Thanksgiving Day,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr.’s father is now serving in the Kansas Senate. Republican Sen. Ron Ryckman Sr. of Meade took his oath of office during the Senate’s brief Senate…

Amanda and Chris Belknap had always taken the coronavirus threat seriously. Yet despite precautions, the entire family has become infected with COVID-19 within weeks of each other.  “We’d been extremely careful,” Amanda said. “This is…

Wash your hands, put on an apron, and gather your family into the heart of your home to create delicious dishes and more.  Whether it comes from a box mix or completely from scratch, spending…

Sharon Boan is a fan of the new “chat room” at Windsor Place.  Finally, after four months, the gregarious Iolan can visit her friends there.  Boan is but one of many who have been kept…

Rick Dougherty and Idris Bolen were united in marriage on June 21, 1970, at First Christian Church in Osawatomie. The Rev. Clayton Jackson officiated. A family gathering was hosted by sons Bob and Mike Dougherty…