Our little gauge near the house has told us, in small increments, that since the year began we’ve had three and one-half inches of rain and eight inches of snow. The moisture has come... Read more
LINDSBORG ‒ The old enduring structures downtown have long summoned an art and craft in themselves, certain triumphs and flourishes that unspooled even as a building’s first footings were... Read more
LINDSBORG ‒ As we prepare to change seasons, City Hall prepares to help spring make the turn. Construction of the $1 million Välkommen Trail extension in north Lindsborg will begin Apri... Read more
A long hard freeze is the hallmark of a proper Kansas winter. Although now in decline, the sharp cold spell remains a measure of our sense of place. Winter’s sustained cold was once expected... Read more
Kansans have elected a new governor, Laura Kelly, but the shade and soul of the old one ‒ Sam Brownback ‒ remain in Topeka. Kelly, a Democrat, was elected for her pledge to help the state re... Read more
The investigations and indictments continue for President Trump’s friends and associates. Some of them are in jail or headed there. On Dec. 20, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis became the fourth... Read more
The best bargaining chip in the great government shut-down impasse is not a border wall. It’s health insurance. So far, it’s unmentioned, but the smart Washington trader would offer truckloa... Read more
Earlier this month the Lawrence Journal-World closed its Capitol bureau and laid off the paper’s full-time Statehouse reporter, the tenacious Peter Hancock. Hancock is an astute veteran with... Read more
At about 2:25 p.m. on Monday afternoon, Oct. 29, a fire engine roared out of the Lindsborg station at First and Lincoln, heading west, then south on Main to highway Moments later another of... Read more
An old friend has now been in prison for five years. He has settled in at the minimum-security facility at Oswego, and he’ll be there for the rest of his life – his sentence for pleading gui... Read more
