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Freezing is often the quickest way to preserve fresh food from a garden or farmers market, but Kansas State University food scientist Karen Blakeslee said…
A Haysville man died last week in a fire at an apartment fourplex.The Haysville Police Department identified that man as Garlan Clark, 61. The cause of the…
HAYSVILLE – The John C. Pair Horticulture Center will host a public open house this Saturday.The open house will run 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1901 E. 95th St. S.,…
Even though the weather says that we are still in the middle of summer, some local students will be returning to school starting next week.The first students…
Dear Savvy Senior,I turn 62 early next year and plan to retire soon after. Most advice says I should wait to claim Social Security because my monthly benefit…
HAYSVILLE – Two sports programs have Friday sign-up deadlines through Haysville Recreation.The HAC (Haysville Activity Center) Fall soccer program is for…
TSnewsGODDARD – At its July 28 meeting, the Goddard City Council voted to extend incentives to Phase 2 of Goddard Housing, LLC, to build 72 apartments within…
TSnewsCLEARWATER – During the July 28 Clearwater City Council meeting, a solar-energy developer seeking county approval to build near Clearwater noted that the…
Obituaries
On July 30, 2026, Donald (Don) Lynn McElroy, 64, passed away following a many years long battle with Multiple System Atrophy – Parkinson's disease. Don…
Richard Forrest, Jr., 95, of Argonia, passed away on July 21, 2026. Richard was born March 29, 1931, just north of Argonia in a farmhouse. He was one of the…
Frank Joseph Bartonek, 70, passed away Friday, July 24, 2026, at Cox Medical Center, Branson, Mo. Frank was born Sept. 8, 1955 in Great Bend to Lorain and…
Richard C. Johnson, 83, was born May 4, 1943, at LeRoy, Kan., to Georgia Viesta Cottingham and Theodore Thomas Johnson. He died July 16, 2026. He attended…
James Lee Heiman, 64, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2026, at his home in Conway Springs.Jimmy was born April 25, 1962, in Wichita, to Larry and Dorothy (Dodd)…
Dorsey Lee (Genteman) Carter was born Feb. 7, 1950, in Springfield, Mo., to Mark Edwin Genteman and Tolitha Virginia Lee (Brumley) Genteman. She was the eldest…
Jack H. Slade, age 91, of Wichita, passed away Monday, July 6, 2026.A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 17, at Shinkle Mortuary, 146 N.…
Donald Corbin Smith, 80, of Howard, Kan., passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2026, at the Greenwood Country Hospital in Eureka. Don was born in rural Elk County on…
Opinions
Kim and I just got back recently from an amazing trip to Alaska, which I intend to share with readers in the coming weeks.But before I get to that, I wanted to…
The main part of county fair season came to a close for me last weekend, as I spent Saturday at the Sumner County Fair in Caldwell.It’s been an eightweek grind…
Editor’s Note: This year, Publisher Paul Rhodes is spending his annual vacation after the Sedgwick County Fair in Alaska. Last year, he was in a similar…
There’s no better grammatical way to say this: it’s hot!During my wife’s grandfather’s later years, he used to begin many stories with, “I remember when I was…
Every registered Kansas voter will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed constitutional amendment that would change to electing state Supreme Court justices…
Savvy SeniorDear Savvy Senior,After my mom passed away, we discovered a few small accounts and an old insurance policy we didn’t know she still had. It made me…
From the Editor’s FilesEditor’s note: This year, Publisher Paul Rhodes is spending his annual vacation after the Sedgwick County Fair in Alaska. Two years ago,…
My son, Aaron, went with my to watch the parade at the start of the Sedgwick County Fair. The parade, held on July 8, happened to fall on his birthday. I took…