Opinion
The way that U.S. senators and representatives from one party treat others from the opposing party not only spells the difference between progress and stalemate at Congress, it also provides a good indicator of how American people are going to treat others who may not agree with them.
Recently,...
And so we will start the new school term with traditional in-school class attendance with an abundance of social distancing, hand-cleaning and facemask wearing, along with remote learning over the Internet at home.
Our school administrators, teachers and staff are doing their best to get everything...
A recent political cartoon posted at a newspaper social media site that was supposed to make Kansans wonder if they should follow all of Gov. Laura Kelly’s COVID-19 recommendations or reject them, did that but also riled up Jewish people all across the world because it contained an historical image...
We started out as community newspaper owners in 1984, in Yates Center, in our 20s (four decades ago - ugh) and if you’re old enough to remember the Kansas economy of the mid-1980s then you remember the economy at that time was not very good.
In fact, it was bad. It was so bad that Yates Center...
Among the many positive things happening in the community in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the good work of the Jackson County Community Foundation.
The JCCF, re-organized last year, has been partnering with the Holton First Baptist Church and the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of...
One of the many lessons learned from COVID-19, from a business standpoint, is the value of utilizing our local banks throughout the year.
As was noted in last week’s story about the federal government’s Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) loans, having a good relationship with a local bank may have been...
