Juanita May (Steele) Dodson
Juanita May (Steele) Dodson Juanita May (Steele) Dodson, 89, of Independence, Mo., passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2022, at her home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m.
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Donna M. Caldarello
Donna M. Caldarello, 77, of Kansas City, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at her home in Kansas City. A visitation will be from 5 - 7 p.m. on Monday, December 5, 2022, at Carson-Speaks Chapel.
Fort Osage appears to be peaking at right time
This is the season Fort Osage football head coach Brock Bult and many of his players have been dreaming about for years. “I’ve dreamed about playing for a state championship since I was a little kid watching Skylar Thompson and Isaiah Iloilo win a state championship when I went to Fort Osage games as a little kid,” senior guard Jayce Kern said.
End the kingmaking in Iowa and New Hampshire
Thank you for your service, Iowa and New Hampshire. But it’s time to end the prominent, influential perch you two small rural states have long enjoyed in winnowing the list of presidential contenders.
Community calendar
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WHAT’S UP NEXT AREA SPORTS CALENDAR
(Schedules subject to change) THURSDAY, DEC. 1 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Phog Allen Invitational At William Chrisman High School 1 p.m.
EUGENIA LAST HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Visit someone who feeds your mind with possibilities and prepares you to strive to achieve your dreams, hopes and wishes. Changing your surroundings will spark your imagination and connect you with like-minded people.
Consumer Health: Treating liver cancer
More than 41,000 new cases of primary liver cancer and intrahepatic bile duct cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. this year, and more than 30,000 people will die of these diseases, according to the American Cancer Society.
House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on Wednesday, passing a bill that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement that was reached in September but rejected by some of the 12 unions involved.
Jeff Fox: Today’s crisis isn’t the end, or even the end of crises
Fifty years ago, gas often ran about 19.9 cents a gallon, and “gas wars” would occasionally lower it from that. Then there was a real war in the Middle East and an OPEC embargo, and prices jumped – scandalously – to the 39.9 range. Later in the decade, we got even higher prices and thought it was the end of the world.