Ten years ago last week, Andy Reid’s Philadelphia Eagles lost for the 11th time in 12 games to end the 2012 season. After 14 years in Philly that included a Super Bowl berth, Reid was out on New Year’s Eve.

The Kansas Supreme Court has adopted a new plan to expand access to justice for court users with limited English proficiency. The Language Access Plan was created by the Supreme Court’s Language Access Committee and it serves as a blueprint for providing language assistance to court users with limited English proficiency.

Dear Annie: I am a 19-year-old woman who can't stop thinking about this guy, 'Charles.' He has been picked on for his appearance, but I think he has pretty eyes and nice hands, plus a knack for singing. But then I found out recently that he is bigoted and has texted other girls, even when he has a girlfriend. Still, he's always on my mind, despite all the red flags waving. I obviously don't want a relationship with Charles and wouldn't feel anything if he got a girlfriend. In fact, I'd be much happier if I never saw or heard from him again.

Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels had no idea he set multiple Liberty Bowl game records until teammate Luke Grimm told him postgame. And frankly, the QB didn’t care.

(TNS) The damage caused by climate change over this past year was at times so immense it was hard to comprehend. In Pakistan alone, extreme summer flooding killed thousands, displaced millions and caused over $40 billion in losses. Fall floods in Nigeria killed hundreds and displaced over 1 million people. Droughts in Europe, China and the U.S. dried out once-unstoppable rivers and slowed the flows of commerce on major arteries like the Mississippi and the Rhine.

The Fawn Creek 4-H club held their monthly December meeting on Monday, the 19th. Attendees participated in a White Elephant gift exchange afterwards, with 25 people and refreshments. Reportedly, the Christmas Angel Tree family selected by the club enjoyed many gifts this year.

Classrooms have come a long way since the days when pioneering settlers would send their children to single-room schoolhouses. Modern classrooms might be technical marvels, but one less flashy learning tool remains as valuable as ever.

The Caney Police Department as requested assistance in locating a person involved in a felony theft case. CPD is on the search for Latoshia Devonne Stewart, also known as Latosha Norwood.

With the first anniversary of The Marshall Fire* on our minds, it's a good time to reevaluate our own individual readiness for the unexpected. Are you ready? Could you find your documents and your kids and be out of your home on short notice? Or if you were sequestered in your home for an extended period of time, do you have basic provisions to last?

On the way into the drugstore, I ejected the stump of a cigar from my mouth and put it out with the heel of my shoe. These days, smoking in a store is as bad as smoking in a church, which was almost the only place you couldn't smoke when I was a kid. If you don't remember a woman in the market, squeezing a tomato with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth, then you don't remember America.