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Brownback promises jobs program
• In Jefferson County, the sheriff's office is looking into the second major theft of copper wire in a couple of months.
Plan ahead for winter safety
The Tribune is providing some suggestions about keeping safe in winter disasters this week. Not because this storm qualifies as a "disaster."
It's time to get involved
There's a week and a half left to get involved in local government and the price is right, too.
Make up your minds
State and local officials around Kansas are concerned about our kids boozing. Sadly, many of the adults they look to as examples aren't so picky. They turn on the tube or go to the movies or just walk around their home community and learn over and over again that the way to have a good time is to get plastered. Part of the society may give lip service to sobriety, but it isn't working, as ...
How does this garden grow?
Gardening isn't for every body. To be honest, gardening is hard work. You have to prepare the ground, create a good seed bed, plant, weed, water, weed some more, and, finally if you do everything right, you get a harvest - unless when you don't, of course. That's right. Some years, even when you do everything right, when you do all the work you are supposed to, you still don't get a harvest and through ...
It's about how hard you can get hit
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and ...
Character still means something to heroes
The Associated Press brief said it all. It was just a cutline, really, referring to a series of striking, moving photos of a genuine American hero. "Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, first living Medal of Honor recipient for service in Iraq or Afghanistan and the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, salutes during the National Anthem before an NFL football game between New England Patriots and Chicago Bears in Chicago. ...
Theft as a growth industry
Over a quarter of a million people reported to the federal government last month that they were newly out of work.
You've gotta be crazy to expect change
The definition of insanity is, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome.
Don't drink and drive -- ever
Officials, from local cops to the state transportation experts, on to federal regulators are all trying to get the point across this New Year's Eve, and, frankly, the rest of the year, too.
We all deserve better than this
Georgia State Patrol Trooper First Class Chadwick LeCroy was 38. He was married and was the father of two sons.
Starting Jan. 1, don't text and drive
Starting next week, it will be against the law in Kansas to drive, hold a cell phone in one hand and type text into it with the other. So, it will be against the law to steer with your feet.
Why Christmas is merry
We pause in this oh so-busy season for the old, old story: Luke 2 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the ...
Humility important in air travel
In today's world, you can hardly pick up a paper without reading about another business that is at risk of closing down in the current recession - it's over, it's not over, it's getting worse, it's getting better - and yet the stress on business is obvious.
Oswald coffin should go back to family
"My experience as a curator has been, if people have room and it's a Kennedy item, they will collect it," - Gary Mack, Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas.
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Sometimes accidents happen
In life, sometimes good things happen that we have no responsibility for and sometimes bad things happen that we also have no responsibility for.
Thanks, dad
Father's Day was founded in 1910 in Spokane, Wash., by Sonora Smart Dodd. Its first celebration was in the Spokane YMCA on June 19, 1910. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children there. After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them. Despite support from President Woodrow Wilson, there was ...
It's not persecution
The Military District of Washington issued a statement concerning Master Sgt. Nathan Sommers, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Army Band.
Phonegate
Edward Snowden's "crime," was warning his fellow Americans about a secret spy program conducted by his own government.
Common Core Standards make sense
The Common Core standards are being talked about a lot these days. The Common Core is simply a set of educational standards that are the same from state to state and are designed for students to be career ready when they graduate from high school. They are reasonable and make sense. The state legislature should let the state school board decide what is best for students.
Tax Troubles: Deep Cuts Hurt Most of Us
Enjoy your tax cut, Kansans.
Breastfeeding is best for babies
Breastfeeding is a normal and natural function and, since the beginning of time, has allowed human beings to get a good start on life. Not only are infants fed the healthiest milk designed for their bodies, they develop their first relationship.
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