TOPEKA — Joellen Schmidt has spent much of her life dedicated to helping those in need when they need it most. Alongside her husband, Jerald, she raised seven children, welcomed 25 foreign exchange students into her home and helped 50 foster care children in need of a temporary place to stay.
LAWRENCE — Marisa Wise believes young voices deserve to be heard because, while they cannot vote, they have the “entire internet at (their) fingertips,” and she uses it to research and stay informed.
Hello to all of big sister Gloria’s special friends! It’s an honor to share a few words with you this week. From a brother’s perspective, I want to give each one of you a heartfelt thank you! And that for the outpouring of love and care that have flowed into that mailbox on the corner of a small gravel road in rural Illinois. Our hearts have felt like they might never beat quite right again after that tearing loss. But wait, it was God who created us in the first place. So we can be sure that He knows how to heal us.
It’s been a long time since I’ve worked in the ER, but some stories stay with me. One such story belongs to a woman in her early 30s. After a year of trying to conceive, she was finally pregnant. Then she started spotting. When she developed severe pain, and almost fainted while putting their toddler to bed, her husband brought her to the emergency room.
TOPEKA — A foster care program designed to support adoptive families may actually discourage adoption. Tina Miller knows this all too well.
Kansas and Missouri don’t do enough to protect their residents from racking up medical bills, researchers say. A new project from the University of Arizona and University of Utah and the Pew Charitable Trusts digs into consumer protections for people getting medical care.
In the first quarter of 2022, the state of Kansas had nearly 10,000 pastdue mortgages. Six of 10 of those mortgages were at least three months late and considered seriously delinquent, according to Marilyn Stanley, the program director for the Kansas Homeowner Assistance Fund.
Dear Doctors: As I move into my 80s, I often pass gas in public. It happens unexpectedly, and it’s something I cannot control. I know about gas-causing foods, but this seems different. I do eat grains as part of my healthy diet, and I think that may be part of it. Why else might this be happening?
Dems to meet Harvey County Democrats will host a Meet and Greet event for State Attorney General Candidate Chris Mann, from 3 to 4 p.m. June 25 in the Krehbiel Park at the Carriage Factory Gallery, 128 East 6th Street, in Newton.
This week Michael J. Everhart and the Sternberg Museum in Hays helped Newtonians explore a different time for the state of Kansas - a time when the state was under water.