Month: December 2017

In the midst of all the brouhaha over Christmas — the gift buying, the dinners, visitors, travel plans, school programs, tree trimming, and more — there is a good chance there is someone that you…

Abraham Lincoln concluded his second inaugural speech thusly: ‘With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish…

Perhaps it’s because of the unseasonably warm weather that I’ve had a hard time getting my head around Christmas — already.Thursday afternoon I saw bicyclists in T-shirts. Kids in shorts.As night fell, I “worked” the…

Clifford H. Wells, 87, Garnett, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at Guest Home Estates in Garnett.Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Scipio, with burial following at Holy…

Ralph Edwin Bunnel, 95, Colony, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017.He was born on March 2, 1922, to G.H. and Clara (Robbins) Bunnel in Colony, and is proud to have…

At least according to the 1959 tome “Swedish Christmas” — now, sadly, out of print — Christmas wasn’t Christmas without the yuletide pig:“It was not easy to slaughter the Christmas pig in the correct manner.…

Judd Wiltse leads carolers around the courthouse square Thursday evening prior to the opening of Santa’s Toy Shop. The toy shop, 7 E. Madison, is open tonight from 6 to 8 and on Sunday, 5…

Last month, Bob Chase, Iola, earned a special honor from his hometown in Connecticut. On Nov. 18, Chase received a second induction into the Suffield High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The first came several…

The Humboldt Middle School girls found success in the final game of the semester, beating Fredonia in both games at home on Monday.The A-Team started out with a 22-13 win.Madi White had eight points, Brooklyn…

Southern Coffey County closed out the semester at home on Tuesday splitting with Burlingame. The SCC girls won 45-37 while the boys lost 44-33.The Lady Titans and Bearcats were tied up at 12 after the…