Soybean, corn harvests strong

Throughout the year, there are numerous times when the weather ruins, delays, postpones, hinders or washes out events. It seems like the weather is the cause of a lot of bad news and little good news.

The Salvation Army Coat program has been a smashing success, said Gary Gugala, Salvation Army captain.

Just in case you missed it in the mainstream media, the White House just released Barry’s guest list since January and amazingly they highlighted names like George Looney & Oprah. 

Health care! Really? The FDA decides what one can take for ailments, drug companies produce it and doctors prescribe it. The medical trinity.

Last season, Stu Jeck led the St. Mary’s Colgan Panthers from his wide receiver spot, earning first-team All-Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League honors in the process.

Needless to say, it has been a season of ups and downs for Moundridge head football coach Courtney Moddelmog.

Sara Schifferdecker and her horse, Ralphie, have winning ways.

Kaye Lewis, artistic director of the Midwest Regional Ballet, loves portraying Cinderella’s stepsister. It makes people laugh, and she loves doing that.

Mary Belle Cowley, 72 of Columbus passed away Wednesday November 4, 2009 at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO following a lengthy illness.

Ada Loretta Dayton, 102 of Pittsburg, KS died at 5:20 a.m., Friday, November 6, 2009 at Cornerstone Village in Pittsburg, KS.

Two Pittsburg State University ROTC teams earned top placement at a Ranger Challenge competition held Oct. 24 at Camp Dodge near Des Moines, Iowa.

Dr. Alexander Konopelko’s fascination with outer space may have been influenced by pop culture, but his scientific research in astrophysics these days is without a doubt far beyond the average star gazer – both intellectually and in proximity.

In his just-published biography, “Abigail Adams: A Life,” the University of Richmond history professor explores lesser-known sides of the husband of one president and mother of another.

There's some riveting stuff going on in “The Fourth Kind,” a tale of alien abduction in Nome, Alaska. But did it really happen?

The trade-in market for homes — up or down — would stand to benefit from the latest version of a federal homebuyer tax credit, leaders of local real estate and builders associations said Thursday. The plan approved Thursday would extend an existing tax credit of up to $8,000 that is limited to first-time buyers, but it also would provide a credit of up to $6,500 for buyers who have owned their existing homes for at least five years.

Microsoft has rolled out a free anti-virus program that could eclipse all of the commercial ones. Microsoft Essentials has been proven in months of beta testing. And guess what. It’s free. There are no expensive upsells and no fees to keep the program current.

Man tries to hit patient with shoe, deer breaks into furniture store and more in this week’s edition.

A young deer got a police escort out of Eldon earlier this week after being chased from a business where the animal had sought refuge after crashing through a plate-glass window.

Joe Liccar cartoon on the economic recovery.

Granlund cartoon on the Fort Hood shootings.