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The Sedgwick County Health Department (SCHD) now offers adults 65 and older and individuals with weakened immune systems a second dose of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine under new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kansas Department of Health and...

When I began writing this column over 10 years ago, I had grand illusions of people sending me their favorite recipes and me trying them.

8 to 9 cups stale bread, cut into one-inch cubes 2 cups fresh fruit, cut in bite-sized pieces (I used cherries) 1/4 cup butter, melted 2/3 cup brown sugar 8 eggs 2 cups milk (I used 2 percent) 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 3 rounded teaspoons cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt Directions Prepare a...

Following is next week’s menus for Friendship Meals and Meals on Wheels in both Sedgwick County and Sumner County. A change was made recently, and there are now different menus for Sedgwick County and Sumner County.

Barton Community College has announced its list of graduates who earned associate degrees or certificates for career training during the spring semester of 2023. Following are area graduates, listed by community and degree.

HAYSVILLE – Permits are now on sale for next weekend's 43rd annual citywide garage sales, to be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 12-13.

GODDARD – A new phone application is helping Goddard Public Schools connect with students, families and the community at large. The app quietly went live in early July, and the district very recently announced the app so that people can download it.

CALDWELL – The Sumner County Fair takes place this Thursday through Sunday in Caldwell. This year’s theme is “Rock ‘N Roll to the 2023 Sumner County Fair” and it celebrates 96 years of the Sumner County Fair.

Eight candidates are moving through to the November general election for the USD 268 Cheney Board of Education. Thirteen candidates were on the ballot on Tuesday.

CHENEY – The Cheney Saddle Club is hosting the second annual Bull Jam on Saturday night. The Bull Jam will start at 7 p.m., and will take place at the rodeo arena on the south end of the Sedgwick County Fairgrounds on Main Street in Cheney.