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100 Years Ago Harold and Calvin Brown have purchased a Ford truck and will be prepared to haul anything they raise on the farm. 90 Years Ago The new No.

Paul Rhodes | Publisher & Editor This week, a huge change will be happening for me, personally. After 16 years – by my counting – I am putting the Times-Sentinel building on Main Street in Cheney up for sale.

From February 1915 The home of Mrs. Mary Bury, four miles west of town, was destroyed by fire last Friday. Mrs. Bury and her five children were at the Hawley Hill schoolhouse one mile south of their home, attending a meeting of the literary society. It was a two-story house on the farm known as the “old nursery farm” owned by G.W. Lowry when he died several years ago.

Most years, I look at the Super Bowl halftime show as a chance to go to the bathroom, and refill my plate and cup. This year, with all the hype and overreaction to the choice of Puerto Rican performer Bad Bunny, I decided to stay tuned in.

Now that you're already inside this week's edition of TSnews, I hope you'll take a few minutes and read the cover story in our February issue of EWN/ WSS. That separate newspaper is included in this issue of TSnews.

Savvy Senior Dear Savvy Senior, What are the IRS income tax filing requirements for retirees this tax season? I didn’t file a tax return last year because my income was below the filing threshold, but I got a parttime job in 2025, so I’m wondering if I need to file this year.

On Saturday, Jan. 17, I could not fight the urge to be in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury District to pay tribute to the late great Bob Weir, one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead.

To the Editor, Not long ago, my family explored installing wind and solar to support our home’s energy use. Like many Kansans, we were priced out by how state law and utility rules are structured.

Insight Kansas was admitted to the United States on Jan. 29, 1861, after a tumultuous territorial existence as bloody as it was brief.

Random Thoughts It is with great pride that I say I earned an F in the meteorology class I took in college. I understood the material, but I hated the terrible instructor that we had.