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   LINDSBORG ‒ The old enduring structures downtown have long summoned an art and craft in themselves, certain triumphs and flourishes that unspooled even...

The Sandhill Cranes of Husker’ Country In the dim light of evening from our windows in the custom-built blind, we could see thousands of tall,...

A few years ago Pete Gnatkowski from Carrizozo, New Mexico, wrote me, I hope in jest, and wondered which Lee Pitts I was. He'd...

By Frank J. Buchman Renowned Kansas native world acclaimed rodeo clown entertainer Justin “Rumpshaker” Rumford was in action again at the Austin Rodeo March 16-30. Rumford...

One of my editors who runs a monthly outdoor page suggested I do a column on “When wild animals encroach on your yard and...

By Duane Schrag Special to the Rural Messenger When word that House Bill 2273 had been introduced in the Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications committee last month,...

How did I celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?  Ah very quietly, we enjoyed a meal of bangers and mash.  Originally from England, bangers and mash...

POLITICS DERIVED FROM THE WORD ‘POLY’ MEANING ‘MANY’. AND THE WORD ‘TICKS’ MEANING ‘BLOOD SUCKING PARASITE’.   There are many who have the words of wisdom that describe...

     LINDSBORG ‒ As we prepare to change seasons, City Hall prepares to help spring make the turn. Construction of the $1 million...

In 1998, Connie Storrie, caretaker of the Kansas Wildlife Exhibit at Central Riverside Park in Wichita, was given an orphaned baby bobcat. She named...