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Fentanyl in High School: A Texas Community Grapples With the Reach of the Deadly Opioid

KYLE, Texas — The hallways of Lehman High School looked like any other on a recent fall day. Its 2,100 students talked and laughed as they hurried to their next classes, moving past walls covered with flyers that advertised homecoming events, clubs, and football games. Next to those flyers, though, were posters with a grim message warning students that fentanyl is extremely deadly.

RUPTURED ACHILLES TENDON WILL TAKE TIME TO HEAL

Dear Doctors: I’m a 30-year-old man, and I play weekend volleyball. Last month, I jumped to spike the ball and heard a “pop.” There was a lot of pain; it felt like getting kicked in the calf. It was a torn Achilles tendon, and now I’m in a cast and on crutches. How else can this be treated? How long will it take to heal?

Who Does Protectionism Protect? Not You

In August, Congress passed and president Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, a $280 billion corporate welfare bill for US semiconductor manufacturers. In October, the Biden administration added new restrictions on semiconductor exports to China, banning not just sales of semiconductors, but of the tools to make them -- including by and to companies located in neither the US nor China.

In Brief

Gallery to host reception Carriage Factory Art Gallery, 128 E. Sixth, will host an opening reception for its newest show, “Wayne Conyers: A Small Glimpse of a Long and Continuing Journey”, at 6 p.m.

Sports briefs

Bubble bursts for Threshers For the second straight year, the Bethel College football team won a share of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference title, but was overlooked for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics playoffs. The Threshers finished the season 9-1 with a bye week in the final week of KCAC play.

Bethel men split at McPherson Classic

McPHERSON — Jacob Fiersrt scored 31 points with 13 rebounds to lead Clarke University to a 9076 win over the Bethel College men’s basketball team Saturday at the McPherson Classic. Bethel jumped out to a 17-11 lead, but gave up a 13-0 run.

Bethel women fall to College of the Ozarks

The Bethel College women’s basketball team fell to the College of the Ozarks 92-66 Saturday at Thresher Gym. Bethel trailed 16-13 after the first quarter, 39-28 at the half and 65-51 after three quarters.