Sunday, December 14, 2025

Marshall, John

Property and taxes (1)

Painful as they may seem, property taxes sustain our communities, a life source for cities, counties and school districts. May brings the deadline for...

Journalism lost (2): obituaries

The obituary was once a critical feature in newspaper publishing. Now it lives mostly online, the last words published about an individual, a finale...

Journalism lost (1): the editorial

  The news today is often about complicated matters that even experts have trouble unraveling. Taxes, budgets, the economy and political madness are among today's...

Fast charge, slow learn

  A swift scan online shows 457 electric vehicle charging stations in Kansas. Most of them are in larger cities, where most of the state's...

Spring’s burst

Officials in McPherson County are rearranging their trouble shooters through a new alliance called the Local Emergency Planning Committee. The group is to fortify...

Frugal vs. cheap

Legislators and voters can fall prey to the no-tax hobby farmers who believe township ghosts fix the roads, that the sheriff works for free...

Then and now

  We look to the past for lessons only to discover we haven't learned much or that we have forgotten a lot. After a recent...

Glorious

LINDSBORG ‒ The Midwest Art Exhibition remains the consummate launch for the annual Messiah Festival of the Arts. Their convergence this week marks the...