Blogs
More Than Heartfelt Cowboy
“This cowboy was certainly one of a kind.”
While riding, studying, breeding, producing, and merchandizing horses brought lifetime enjoyment, Rick Johnson was much more.
Now 35...
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Women in Politics III
Before Joan Finney, there was Elwill Shanahan. Mrs. Finney is seen at the front of a parade that by the 1990s had gathered new...
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Women in Politics (II)
In earlier times, elevated political status and powerful rank did not come easily for Kansas women. Achievement was slow when women were for serving...
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Women in politics (I)
State Sen. Laura Kelly in 2018 became the third woman in less than 30 years to be elected governor of Kansas. Kelly, Joan Finney...
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Costly failings
The University of Kansas presents a stark view to the cross-currents of athletics, money and schooling. On March 10, less than a day after...
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Promise and the arts
LINDSBORG – As we climb out of winter's dormant glaze, a look about our town will present moments that elevate the spirit: The little...
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A rural-urban wedding?
Of Kansas' four congressional districts, the First has long been the largest – now with 69 counties covering roughly the western two-thirds of the...
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Measuring our poison
The mother of Alberta Clippers blew over middle America last month with sub-zero cold and double-digit wind chills, icing the Dakotas, then Kansas, and...
