COFFEYVILLE NIGHT WRITERS TO MEET The Coffeyville Night Writers will host a Read Around Saturday, April 2 at Terebinth Coffee House, located at 9th and Elm Streets in Coffeyville. The event will be held from 10:00 a.m until noon.

Inez Lewis, age 94, of Coffeyville, Kansas passed away on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Windsor Place Nursing Home in Coffeyville. Inez was born on September 16, 1927, in Morris, Oklahoma to Will and Ella Inez (Wolfinger) Davis.

I have been writing for years about how progressive policies championed by the Democratic Party and served up under the guise of caring about low-income Americans wind up hurting these very communities.

Andrea Dawn McDiarmid, Independence, passed away on Friday, March 25th, 2022, in Wichita, Kansas. A Celebration of Life Service was held on Thursday, March 31st, 2022, at Potts Chapel at 1:00pm. Visitation was Wednesday, March 30th at Potts Chapel, 1:00- 7:00pm, with family greeting friends 5:00-7:00pm. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Cancer Center of Independence, AWOL, and Andrea’s Grandchildren’s Fund.

WASHINGTON — The House passed a bipartisan package aimed at growing Americans’ retirement savings Tuesday evening, sending it to the Senate with broad bipartisan backing. The bill passed on a 415-5 vote, with just a handful of Republicans voting against it.

On Sunday April 3, Travis Nordell will be the guest speaker at two area churches to talk about his missionary service. Nordell, a Sedan native, will be speaking at the Christian Community Church, located at 100 North Kansas in Longton, at 9:00 a.m and at the First Christian Church, located at 219 South Montgomery in Elk City, at 10:30 a.m.

Powerful politicians have this bad habit of elevating members of their family -- or the family of friends -- to high office. Sometimes the chosen kin or friend’s kin has fine qualifications. But the sense that their inside track gives them advantages over others with equally fine qualifications leaves a bad taste. It’s also un-American.

After March left like a lion yesterday, the weekend will hopefully be better. If you’re feeling a little bit of cabin fever, head out to these events in and around Indy. If you have an event you would like me to feature in this weekly section, please send it to brea@ indydailyreporter.com

ACCIDENT Mar 16- IPD Officers were dispatched to the 2700 Block of West Main Street in regards to a traffic accident. Mar 20- IPD Officers were dispatched to the 600 Block of North Park Boulevard for an accident involving a City of Independence ambulance.

Kansas senators Wednesday backed a measure prohibiting municipal governments from creating “sanctuary cities,” rejecting concerns about the speed the measure was moving through the Legislature. House Bill 2717 is a response to action taken by the Unified Government of Kansas City/Wyandotte County to authorize municipal identification cards for undocumented people.