Month: November 2020

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Alex Smith has Washington at least temporarily in first place in the NFC East after winning on Thanksgiving for the first time, two years after a planned holiday showing was wrecked…

ORLANDO, Fla. — On the day before Thanksgiving, the Walt Disney Co. revealed 4,000 more layoffs are coming in its theme parks division, bringing the total number of announced layoffs to 32,000 across the company.…

Phyllis Meredith recently returned from the Death Valley 49ers’ Art Show and Encampment. She was one of 100 artists chosen to display their work at the show which depicted Old West life in the desert.…

Is it selfish for Americans to oppose debt forgiveness for all former and current college students in the country? That’s the motive many on the left ascribe to opponents of proposals to cancel the $1.4…

In this past year of change, my mind and heart have overflowed with people. People I think of and pray for, and sometimes cry with, people with names and faces, people who died without saying…

WASHINGTON (AP) — With coronavirus cases surging again nationwide, the Supreme Court barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus. The…

TOPEKA — The Rev. Traci Blackmon counts each modest contribution to an ambitious United Church of Christ program aiding people trapped by medical debt in Kansas and Oklahoma as a gospel-infused demand for justice. Indeed,…

Larry Wittmer gave the Communion Meditation referencing “The Lone Ranger”. The Lone Ranger was a guardian of the law, fought evil, and was independent. This worked well for him, but is not a good example…

LAWRENCE, Kan (AP) — The number of Kansas counties that require face coverings has risen sharply as fewer opted out of Gov. Laura Kelly’s latest mask mandate. Sixty-two Kansas counties now have orders in place,…

WICHITA, Kansas — Between concerns about schools staying open and the challenges of learning remotely, teachers and students are haunted by another question that goes beyond 2020: Will snow days disappear forever? Schools invested in…