U.S. Census Bureau officials said Friday that they were pondering whether to produce less granular data in the next round of 2020 census data, dealing with housing and family relationships, in a decision that could…

By Amanda Belknap THIRD PLACE Chris and I met at Iola High School in 1999 on my first day of my freshman year. He was a junior and came running in, jumped up on a…

By Dan Davis Somewhere in the Kansas City, Kansas neighborhood of Rosedale there is a small house. The exact location will not be disclosed so as to dissuade treasure seekers and amateur archeologists.  Carl and…

By Rachel Luke My name is Rachel Luke. I met the love of my life, John Luke, when we were in high school. We have been together for 14 years and married for 12. We…

By Jean Anderson “Three strikes, you’re out!” Right? That’s what I had decided about the “game of marriage” – and since those previous swings had resulted in some pretty serious damage — not just to…

By Edna  and David Donovan SECOND PLACE I was from Westphalia  and David was from Drexel, Mo.   In August of 1963 David came to visit his aunt and uncle while he was on leave…

Roger and Billie Collins By Melissa Genoble Let’s take a journey back 32 years to Roger’s 27th birthday, Feb. 1, 1989. It was a day unlike any other. It was the day he met the…

By Christina Richards My romantic love story is about my husband’s and my love story that started over 20 years ago.   We met in Lawrence while we were both teenagers. As high-schoolers, we both…

By Retabess Ling  My love story began on a Friday evening in March of 1946. My family had moved the first of March from a farm near Moran to a farm northeast of Iola. I…

By Donna Houser In the 1950s, North High School played in the Ark Valley league because there were only two high schools in Wichita, besides one Catholic school.   My mother or father always took…