As I think back over the first two months of 2025, I have witnessed so many moments of people helping others. This has brought to mind the words of Martin Luther King Jr., whose enduring legacy is honored each January as a federal holiday and National Day of Service: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?”
Read moreCowtown Days, or the lack thereof, has become a hot topic. We are encouraged by city council’s encouragement of discussion of retaining Rhythm and Reels, while keeping the option for residents to embrace Cowtown Days in a different iteration.
Read moreKansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins has repeatedly lied about the news media.
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My first full-time job as a journalist was as a staff photographer in Independence (Kansas, not Missouri).
Read moreJudith Ann “Judy” Siemsen, 79, passed away Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Great Bend, Kan. She was born March 27, 1945, in Wichita, Kan. On Nov. 18, 1946, she was adopted by Leo and Renata (Schulz) Mehl. Judy married Robert Siemsen on Oct.
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