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Following are next week’s menus for Friendship Meals and Meals on Wheels in both Sedgwick County and Sumner County. The recommended cost is $5 per meal, if you are able to pay.

For many places around Kansas, the month of July was wetter than normal. At Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, the National Weather Service reported 4.54 inches of rain, which was .56 inches above average.

Fair frolicking

GODDARD – The City of Goddard will hold a community engagement event, including budget discussions, next Wednesday at the Goddard Community Center, 122 N. Main Street.

VIOLA – Hanna Decker of Viola has been named to the spring 2025 president's list at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas. The president's list recognizes students who have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester to receive this honor.

The USD 356 Conway Springs Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug.

According to recent reports the summer heat is causing corn to sweat in the field. Is it the corn’s profuse perspiration causing the issue or maybe the county fair is the party responsible? More likely it’s just summer in early August.

It won’t be long before school is back in session, buses return to their routes to pick up and drop off students, and young drivers dash out the door for class in the morning. To help keep kids safe, remember: 1.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may seem like a relatively recent phenomenon that perhaps developed late in the twentieth century, when more and more distractions started vying for humans’ attention.

Education is vital for young people to reach their full potential and enjoy success in adulthood. Students’ academic journeys begin as early as preschool and continue for decades.