Mid-Continent Public Library switched gears a bit last year for its summer reading program, asking participants to log a regular amount of reading minutes instead of a total sum. The library aimed to help people develop a reading habit, and it is keeping that same program this year.
When McKenah Sears was a freshman at Grain Valley High School last year, she picked up a discus before the start of track and field season and felt like she had discovered an event she could dominate.
There’s a growing sense of excitement and great cause to celebrate this time of year. Why? One word: Graduation.
I see reports of a welcome trend. Restaurants here and there are showing the courage to resume having dress codes.
Timothy Cox, son of Joseph and Charlotta Cox, was honored at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor at Susquehanna Baptist Church in Independence. Timothy is a senior at Fort Osage High School, where he participates in the Career and Technology Center construction program.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public approval of the Supreme Court has fallen following the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing abortion rights nationwide, according to a poll.
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Wednesday, May 4 Arrest 3:01 a.m., 300 block of U.S. 24 10:45 a.m., 1700 block of S.
Saturday, April 30 Confined animal 5:34 p.m., 1800 block of S.W. 5th St.
DEAR ABBY: One of my siblings was abused as a child. In turn, he abused me when he was a pre-teen and into his teens. It stopped when he got a girlfriend at the age of 14. This was news to my parents.