Diet can be beneficial to urological health

This feature is about men’s urological health, but because, sorrowfully, men are not all that good at taking care of their wellbeing, we’re writing it for men and the women who care about them. Sometimes you guys just need a kick in the backside to get you going.

Judge issues order to protect cemetery

25 Years Ago January 23 - 29, 1997 The Cherokee County The Cherokee County Commission appointed Commissioner Sam Weaver to the Juvenile Detention Committee of the Southeast Kansas Juvenile Detention Center at Girard.

FCE sponsors essay on fairness

Have you heard of the Six Pillars of Character…Character Counts!? One of those pillars is Fairness. The National Association of Family Community Education is sponsoring an Essay and Artwork Contest which promotes the FCE’s literacy programs, Character counts and community involvement.

Governor’s speech on wireless telephone

25 Years Ago January 23 - 29, 1997 North East Avenue in Columbus is becoming a busy place. Work is soon to begin in the 300 block for a new Casey’s General Store. The store will occupy a lot which for many years was the site of the J. T. Courts.

Knowledge to battle disease

Your immune system is your ticket to a long, healthy life or a traitor that turns on you (because of lifestyle choices, genetics, environmental toxins or who knows what) and fuels disease and chronic conditions. You are born with innate immunity --it lives in your skin and mucous membranes.

Legislature hotline

Up-to-the-minute information on the 2020 Kansas Legislature is only a phone call or chat away.

Columbus Public Library Hours

The Columbus Public Library will be open to the public, with a five person limit. Mondays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday 9 a.m-6 p.m.. Thursdays 9 a.m.-6 a.m. Fridays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon. Curbside service will be available upon request.

Wipe devil doughnut DNA before death

I’m sitting on the porch on a sunny day, sipping Sassafras tea and working my way through the first of many Bavarian cream doughnuts. You can spot an amateur when he spells it donuts. It doesn’t get any better than this, till you approach the Pearly Gates.

Thyroid nodules often found by accident

Last spring, I was at home washing my hands, and as I glanced up into the mirror, I noticed something unusual. My bathroom light hit my neck just right as I swallowed and there it was: a prominent lump.

Mule kick fractures child’s skull

25 Years Ago January 23 - 29, 1997 Elva Cudney, of Columbus, received notification that she was elected to the National Poetry Hall of Fame. She has had several poems published.