Low in the southern sky, the midday sun casts long shadows across the Kansas prairie. The sunlight streams down soft and golden as the winter day speeds toward an early sunset.
Dear Doctors: We had to throw away some sliced turkey from the deli because of a l isteria recall. We had used some of it to make sandwiches, but fortunately no one in the family got sick. What is listeria? What happens when someone gets sick from it?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Promote solutions and do your part to celebrate the festive season. Time spent with family and friends will bring you closer. Being a good listener will bring out the best in you.
Do you know of some great Christmas lights to go see in Newton? Email the address to news@thekansan. com for listing in the Kansan. ‘ All photos by Michele Clark, Newton Kansan. For a full gallery, visit thekansan. com.
Former city commissioner Glen Davis passed away Dec, 18 in Overland Park. He was 74.
I-135 ramps to be closed According to KDOT, two I-135 ramps in Newton will be closed Dec. 27 and 28.
Each year the College of Education at Pittsburg State University honors a pair of educators, one an administrator and the other a teacher. The pair are honored as ”an exceptional educator” with a service award.
13 Minutes 7:30 p.m. on SHOW Writer-director Lindsay Gossling’s 2021 thriller set in a small Oklahoma town directly in the path of an oncoming monster tornado is a low-budget affair, which may help explain why the killer storm itself gets short shrift (the film’s title refers to the desperately short time the characters have to make it to safety in a local shelter).
Popstar’s Best of 2022 7 p.m. on KSCW Presented by Associated Television International, host Elizabeth Stanton counts down the greatest and most memorable moments and trends of 2022 based on polls from “Popstar Magazine” in this new special.
Pretty Woman 6 p.m., 11 p.m. on AMC Julia Roberts, who had charmed filmgoers the year before as the brave, doomed Shelby in “Steel Magnolias,” became a certifiable superstar with this 1990 comedy-drama. She earned her second Oscar nomination for her portrayal of a hooker with a heart of gold whose strictly business relationship with a corporate takeover artist (Richard Gere) becomes something more. Directed by Garry Marshall, the film also stars Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo and Marshall-movie regular Hector Elizondo.