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Please join the historical society Dear reader, Imagine Ellsworth without the Hodgden House or the livery stable, or Kanopolis without the fort, or Holyrood without their depot. Notice Wilson’s efforts to rescue the walls of their Opera House. Those landmarks are important to each community.
Read moreSix more weeks of winter for 2023. At least that’s the prediction based on a rodent in Pennsylvania.
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When George Washington (G.W.) Brown and George W. Deitzler set out the morning of Feb. 14, 1857, for the valley of the Upper Neosho River, many of the best townsites in the developing Territory of Kansas had already been selected. However, being a newspaperman, he had heard favorable reports for that portion of Kansas. Brown was editor of the Kansas Herald of Freedom, published in Lawrence.
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As the wife of a former sports page designer/editor, I am fully-versed in the superstitions surrounding sports.
Read moreUpdate on USD 327 strategic plan The USD 327 Board of Education met Jan. 30, for a second special board work session as part of our Listen, Learn, Engage series that has been formulated to help in creating a new strategic plan for the school district.
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The political atmosphere in the runup to the 1860 election was filled with an intrigue that demonstrated the divisions that had simmered since the founding of the country.
Read moreFarmers and ranchers are some of the most resilient people I know. They weather incredible odds (pun intended), from droughts to floods, fire, hail, blizzards and more. This doesn’t even touch the volatile input costs, family dynamics, inflation and increased regulations we are seeing. Despite these adversities, we pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and continue to provide for our families while often being the first to give the shirts off our own backs for a neighbor in need.
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