Has this ever happened to you? While searching for the Valentine’s Day centerpiece, you stumble across the Christmas wrap you bought at the half-off-after-holiday sale two years ago. You still don’t know where the centerpiece is.

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” Henry Gardiner Adams-(1812-1881) Do you ever wonder why you do a certain thing in a particular way, almost without thinking? I read about a lady who hangs her washing to dry inside-out so that the outer surface will not fade in the sunlight. She is not sure who told her to do that, but it seemed logical so she does it that way.

No no no, the witch isn’t dead! The Medallion has been found by Independence resident Nick McBride! It was found shortly after the posting of Clue #6 of the hunt clues, and it was no easy trick! Nick McBride, the lucky buttonholder to find the Medallion both this year and last year, was kind enough to give us a few minutes of his time to answer a few questions. It did not take McBride long to find the medallion once the sixth clue was posted.

The name change is the most definitive signal so far of the company’s intention to stake its future on a new computing platform — the metaverse, an idea born in the imaginations of sci-fi novelists. In Meta’s vision, people will congregate and communicate by entering virtual environments, whether they’re talking with colleagues in a boardroom or hanging out with friends in far-flung corners of the world.

Five men and three women indicted for allegedly coercing minors to work without compensation were inspired by a leader who claimed to have attained god-like status after traveling with angels through the galaxy and who twisted the Islamic faith to support a business empire in Kansas and other states.

(BPT) — Experts have found better alternatives to increasing bone density than calcium alone. Approximately half of all adults aged 50 and older are at risk of breaking a bone, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation.

Kansas public schools without a mask mandate report COVID-19 illnesses at more than four times the rate of schools where a face covering is required. The numbers of cases traced to COVID-19 outbreaks at schools were included in an update Wednesday from a panel of medical professionals and administrators responsible for providing guidance to school districts and parents.

On October 27, at approximately 11:30 p.m, Officers with the Caney Police Department made a traffic stop for speeding at McGee and Boarding in Caney. Upon speaking to the driver, who was identified as Tara Sanders, age 32, of Wichita, it was determined she was driving without liability insurance.

WASHINGTON — The leaders of Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell, Chevron and two oil industry trade groups are testifying before Congress at a hearing where Democratic lawmakers have blasted the industry for spending decades downplaying, or outright denying, the scientific consensus that burning fossil fuels causes climate change.

Halloween has not always been the time of mirth and merriment as it has become in recent years. According to records, October 31, 1897 was a tough night for residents of Chanute. The Chanute Daily Tribune reported that there was “considerable damage” the day after festivities. According to the paper, “The sewer pipe was rolled into the big ditch and some of it broken. Thomas’ wagon was broken, gates were taken off and in some instances lost, outhouses thrown over and broken up and some places the sidewalks were torn up.” Wichita took a step up and threatened those who decided that Tricks were better than Treats with jail time in 1899. “Chief Cubbon has issued an order that all boys, large or small, caught molesting property will be punished by fine and maybe by inprisonment,” the Wichita Eagle reported on October 31, 1899.