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Daughter Allie spent one of her days at home over the Christmas break visiting local businesses. First came lunch at Orozco’s, followed by stops at Robson’s Card & Gift Shop,
Read moreBob to the Rescue This week a pleasant surprise from the Ellsworth County Historical Society and the name “Bob”. A few weeks ago, I had a congenial conversation with an
Read moreA few days after Christmas my husband came home with a sack from the local grocery store. In the bag was a combination of noise makers, paper eyeglasses and crowns.
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Indianola, Kan., was one of the first towns founded in the new territory of “Kansas.” Travelers had passed by the location on a branch of the California-Oregon Trail for years
Read moreOn this page is a column by Sherry Brennan on the federal food stamp program or SNAP. Brennan writes about the cuts the Trump Administration seems determined to impose on
Read moreYou may have heard about the Trump administration’s latest attack on very poor Americans: a punitive new restriction that will cut SNAP benefits for 688,000 people. SNAP, formerly known as
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I once had a drink in the same room as Ron Leibman. I say in the same room because at the time I was under strict orders not to speak
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In November 1871, a severe rainstorm swept across Kansas followed by a cold wind. The grass became covered with a sheet of ice two or three inches thick. A furious
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