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After watching recent events in Kansas and elsewhere, we’re convinced control of our state and county is too much in the hands of the powerful, who use their political clout
Read moreThe following was sent to us by Jason Hicks, vice commander of the local American Legion post. We thought it was especially appropriate with Cowtown Days set to begin later
Read moreIf you’re like my family, you don’t have much reason or opportunity to have a regular discussion with the people responsible for growing and raising our food. We order our
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The gold rush to the Rocky Mountains brought a flush of travelers across the plains in 1860. Treaties had long been established with the plains tribes allowing access through their
Read moreIt’s that time of the year again when summertime store displays change, and parents begin filling shopping carts with glue bottles, wide-ruled paper, crayon boxes, flashy backpacks, trendy lunch boxes
Read morePerhaps federal and state lawmakers could take a lesson from Ellsworth’s Cowtown past in the wake of recent shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Then, just as now,
Read moreCould the extension service do for health what it has done for agriculture through the years? During the past century, American agriculture — with assistance from agricultural research and extension
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Henry T. Titus was an adventurer and soldier of fortune who had participated in a failed invasion of Cuba led by Narsico Lopez in 1850. The foray was quickly repelled.
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