Keith Everett Holtsclaw
Marion - Keith Everett Holtsclaw, 84, passed away July 9, 2022 at Hillsboro Community Hospital in Hillsboro. Jost Funeral Home .
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John Eldon Wiebe
John Eldon Wiebe, 99, died Sunday (July 24, 2022). Services are pending with Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
Dale Jost
Dale Jost (born Marvin Dale Jost), 77, of Hesston, KS, passed away on June 22, 2022. A private burial service was held at French Creek Cemetery near Hillsboro, KS. Friends and family are welcome to a celebration service on August 13, 2022 at 10:30AM in Wichita, KS at Ridgepoint Church to honor the Lord for a life well lived.
Wilma Ruth Harms
Wilma Ruth Harms of Newton was born on June 2, 1924 to Isaac and Emma Balzer and died on July 24, 2022 at the age of 98. She was the youngest of five children, growing up on a farm in rural Whitewater. She was baptized on June 1, 1944 at Grace Hill Church where she was an active lifelong member.
Sports briefs
Treaster falls at worlds ROME — Newton High School wrestler Nick Treaster fell in first-round action of the U17 Greco-Roman World Championships Monday in Rome. Wrestling at 55 kilograms (121.25 pounds), Treaster fell to Halil Cinar of Turkey 7-0 in the round of 16.
Chiefs report to camp without longtime club cornerstones
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Two cornerstones of the Chiefs’ four straight AFC title game appearances walked into training camp elsewhere this week, and Kansas City coach Andy Reid will be spending much of the next month figuring out how to replace them.
Driller homers stop Surge
TULSA, Okla. — A solo home run by Carson Taylor in the second inning and a two-run home run by Jonny DeLuca in the fifth inning were all the Tulsa Drillers needed in a 3-0 win over the Wichita Wind Surge Sunday afternoon in Texas League play at ONEOK Field.
Abortion is a hot button
Abortion is a hot button issue. No surprise there. One side portrays having an abortion as wrong, plain and simple. The other side portrays it in terms of what is best for women and others in their lives when an unplanned pregnancy occurs.
Amendment is simple
Value Them Both is a very simple amendment to the Kansas State Constitution. It does not ban abortion.
TEFFI, Beneficient and Rep. Owens
In December of 2020, Brad Heppner along with two other community leaders stopped by my office for a meeting. I pride myself in having an open door for those in the communities I represent, but this meeting was different. We discussed topics such as alternative assets, innovation in personal finance, an opportunity for Kansas to be first, and finally, the possibility to help rural Kansas grow. My mind was blown.