(BPT) - Health equity means everyone has access to and can benefit from quality healthcare. This is especially important when it comes to diseases such as cancer. Unfortunately, underserved communities, including ethnic and racial minority groups, older adults and those living in rural areas face numerous barriers, which can prevent them from seeking or receiving critical cancer care.

RIVERSIDE ASSOCIATION TO MEET The Riverside Association, Inc. will have a meeting on Monday, January 3, immediately following the Independence Shrine Club meeting.

Like many of the towns that surround it, Cherryvale began its life 150 years ago. Founded on Osage Indian lands by Civil War Veterans, the town was named for its position in the valley of Cherry Creek. The first settler, Mr. Abe Eaton, sold his land to what would become the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and was platted by the railroad in 1871.

(BPT) - Aging brings about many changes. Beyond graying hair and wrinkles, your brain is also changing as you grow older and wiser. According to McKnight Brain Research Foundation, 87% of people 65 and older experience cognitive changes associated with normal aging. The good news is that these changes don’t have to be a normal passage of aging. You may find that you can combat some cognitive decline through exercise.

2021 is drawing to a close quicker than you can blink. There isn’t much going on in our quiet little town, but here are some events that might spark your fancy. Please remember, if you go out on New Year’s Eve to celebrate, please don’t drink and drive. If you have an event you would like me to feature in this weekly section, please send it to brea@ indydailyreporter.com.

NOW WHAT? The Christmas season has, once again, come and gone and I suspect that some of us have breathed a sigh of relief. Christmas tends to be a very busy time for all of us.

In honor of the more than 7,000 lives lost due to COVID-19, and the families they left behind, Governor Laura Kelly today directed flags be lowered to half-staff throughout the state effective immediately to sundown Friday, December 31.

NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty Wednesday of helping to groom and recruit underage girls for the abuse of her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, the culmination of a decadelong crusade by victims of Maxwell and Epstein to seek justice for the abuse they faced. On the sixth day of deliberations, a

The newly appointed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional administrator for Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and nine tribal nations said she was prepared to move ahead with the Biden administration’s strategies on climate change and environmental justice. Meg McCollister earned a law degree at University of

A police officer accidentally shot his 15-year-old son in the head in Eastern North Carolina, officials said. The teen was rushed to a hospital with a life-threatening injury after the shooting on Monday, Dec.