The Newton Flip- Flop Shop gymnastics team opened its season with two meets – Jan. 16 at the New Year Invitational hosted by Jag Gymnastics in Andover; and a meet Jan. 29 hosted by McPherson and the Teuton Twisters.
Golf Wedgewood Senior Men 1. Dane Lawrence, Ed Hodge, Dennis Carter -4.
Even casual baseball fans know that Jackie Robinson became Major League Baseball’s first black player, that he had a stellar career with the Brooklyn Dodgers which included Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards. But Robinson’s life before and after Brooklyn was also rewarding. Too few people remember Robinson’s collegiate achievements, and then his civil rights activism.
The worst tragedies are preventable tragedies. We see them in the news: apartment fires due to space heaters, traffic accidents caused by drivers under the influence, or medical errors to name a few. Then there are easily preventable tragedies, if only the resources were available: the UN reports that 25,000 people die of starvation (10,000 of them children) every day.
Lately reading through social media has led some to utter things like “come on, we’re better than this.” The “trolling” is pervasive. Often rudeness just rules the day.
PHOENIX (AP) — The priest was beloved by his parishioners — yet for years he made a one-word ritual mistake, repeatedly, that has caused confusion and anxiety for thousands of Catholics in the Phoenix area now worrying that they were improperly baptized.
TOPEKA — A coalition of Kansas faith leaders and education advocates are calling on lawmakers to reject legislation currently being drafted to ban or restrict teaching about U.S. racial history.
Steven E. Foth, 69, of Newton, passed away February 12, 2022.
Mary J. Daily Clemmer, 93, of Tampa, KS formerly of Emporia passed on February 14, 2022.
Dear Doctors: Please help us explain to our kids that using marijuana doesn’t keep you from getting COVID-19. We’re particularly focused on our two older sons, who are quoting a study that says it supposedly does, and who are in college in a state that just legalized recreational cannabis.