Amy Taylor, talented genius behind the Grass Roots Design Group at 422 West Main Street, is moving on to a new adventure. She has sold the graphic arts business to her longtime design partner, Shelby Demo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals are aiming to announce their proposed location for a potential new stadium by the end of the summer, team chairman and CEO John Sherman said during a midseason news conference on Thursday.

We tend to relax a bit more in the summer -- bedtimes get later, and many routines go out the window -- but don't let up on family reading. I can recite my children's favorite picture books, from 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?' to 'Dr. Seuss's ABC' and 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.' For young children, there's no such thing as too much of a good thing, so favorites get read again and again. Reading routines are special and they reach far beyond literacy skills.

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The much anticipated Fourth of July spectacular is just a few days away. The Independence Rotary Club has been hard at work to raise the money for our spectacular fireworks show. While the forecast is looking rather ominous for the holiday, things will go on. In case of a rainout on July 4, the show will be shot on Wednesday, July 5 at the same time, in the same location with the show music playing on Indy 102.9 FM.

The field is set for the Wichita super regional in the upcoming The Basketball Tournament, a $1 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event coming to Koch Arena in July. Alumni teams from Wichita State, Kansas and Kansas State headline the 16 teams who will be in attendance for two separate eight-team regionals at Koch Arena from July 19-23.

(TNS) WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court broadened religious protections for workers Thursday in a ruling that clarified when employers can refuse religious accommodations for workers. The unanimous opinion, written by Justice Samuel A.

As we head to Independence Day and a celebration of this nation's founding, the angry chorus of haters with idle hands and minds gets loud. They prefer we dwell on the nation's sins and ignore our great progress toward an always more perfect union. No longer just angry academics and activists, the press too has joined the act. It is a reminder that the secular religion that dominates cultural institutions is a religion without grace or forgiveness, perpetually anchored in the grievances of the past.

HOME OF THE BRAVE Unless you are a family member of someone who has been in the service to this country or have served yourself, it is highly unlikely you think about the sacrifices that have been made for your freedom. I do think about the cost that others have made.

(TNS) WASHINGTON — In another major reversal, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action policies at colleges and universities that use race as a factor in deciding who is admitted.