To the editor:The Kansas Health Policy Authority Board Health Reform recommendations for improving health and health care in Kansas identified three priorities for health reform, including providing and protecting affordable health insurance -- to help those Kansans most in need gain access to ...
The Lawrence Journal-World, in an editorial Nov. 5, said:Even if the effort is futile, it's good to see a Pennsylvania man standing up to the hateful members of a Topeka church.To whatever extent a Pennsylvania man can financially cripple the wacko activities of Topeka's Westboro Baptist ...
Beard's the word in the Gilner and Grigsby families.Each time Tonganoxie resident Andy Gilner and his wife, Margie, have found out they were going to have a child, Andy Gilner has decided to give his razor a rest and grown out a beard to signify that a baby was on the way.Three times he went ...
District in search of patron to fill vacancyThe School Board officially is in search of a patron to fill the unexpired term of longtime board member Bob DeHoff, who resigned at the Oct. 8 meeting.DeHoff represented District 6, so anyone interested in replacing DeHoff must reside in USD 464 ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has cited a Tonganoxie restaurant for health code violations.KDHE, on Oct. 16, sent a letter to Corky's restaurant, 1212 E. U.S. Highway 24-40, with its list of food code violations after a Sept. 21 reinspection uncovered four critical violations: ...
With a flip of a sign from open to closed, Pelzl's Do-It best Hardware and V and S Variety Store, a 29-year staple of downtown Tonganoxie, closed for the last time Saturday."It's sad," Don Pelzl said about his store's closing. "I'll miss the customers the most. We had an awful lot of good ...
Topeka ? A legislative committee on Friday recommended a bill that would require drug testing using an oral swab at motor vehicle accident scenes where there was an injury or a death.The lawmakers are reacting to several recent fatal traffic accidents in which people who caused the wrecks were ...
Memorial services for Freddie (Fred) Ray Swain were held Oct. 27, 2007, at Amos Family Funeral Home & Crematory.Mr. Swain died Oct. 24, 2007, at his home in Tonganoxie.He was born Feb. 26, 1937, in Ponca City, Okla., the son of Frank and Lula (Grayson) Swain.He is survived by his wife ...
Joshua and Heather Breault, Tonganoxie, announce the birth of their son, Atticus Stanley.He was born at 7:12 p.m. Oct. 4, 2007, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Atticus weighed 9 pounds, 9 ounces and was 21 inches long.Big brother, Easton, 5, and big sister, River, 2, welcomed Atticus ...
Vincent and Tracy Gonzalez, McLouth, announce the birth of their son Alexander Michael Gonzalez.Alexander was born Oct. 13, 2007, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Alexander weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long.Alexander has two siblings, Vinny, 16, and Tasha, 14.Maternal ...