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A lawn mower blade mangled Jerry Wiemeyer's foot when he was mowing the lawn at his home three miles east of Argonia. Dr.

Charles Yoder died Aug. 10, 1893.

A large crowd turned out for last Thursday's ribbon cutting and grand opening at the new Haysville Activity Center.

Delton Joe King has been stationed for training at Fort Bliss, Texas in one of the three radar operator specialist schools in the United States. Don Riggs, Don Ewing, and Lawrence Erker were home Sunday from Fort Riley.

Guest Column I went to a big box recently to buy three items: a USB flash drive, a bottle of Sprite and a bag of Twin Snakes gummies. Finding the items took mere seconds.

Extension Waiting for grapes to ripen takes patience because the color matures before the fruit, said Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini.

As Kansas temperatures rise, some garden plants will need to be protected, said Kansas State University horticulture expert Cynthia Domenghini. “It is tempting to automatically water plants on hot afternoons, but this is not always what's best,” Domenghini said.

Kansas Reflector The drive across the high plains of western Kansas can feel and look endless. Now consider making a 28-mile trek from the end of the rail line to your new home in Nicodemus in 1877, carrying little more than the clothes on your back.

This is the sixth part of an eight-part series from Kansas Reflector, exploring the Kansas African American History Trail. The series was published July 24Aug. 3. All eight parts are available online at www.kansasreflector.org. The parts of the series are:

Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, Is regular heartburn or acid reflux anything to worry about? I eat a lot of Rolaids throughout the day to help manage it, but it’s gotten worse with age and it keeps me up at night too. What can you tell me?