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Consider traveling the Santa Fe Trail

Tired of being cooped up during all of the COVID-19 lockdowns? Looking for a place to visit fairly close, but yet not too close to home? If the answer is yes, I would like to suggest you consider traveling part of the original Santa Fe Trail as it celebrates it’s 200th anniversary this year.

Cybersecurity Awareness month underway

The Covid-19 Pandemic has contributed to an increase in online traffic.

Letter to the Editor Policy

Letters to the editor are welcome; the only requirement is they be signed by the writer. Names of writers can be withheld for valid reasons. Political endorsements will not be printed two weeks before an election.

Howat allowed to attend funeral

25 Years Ago October 17 - 23, 1996 Central Junior High had to use a revamped backfield but it worked out fine as the Wildcats beat Baxter Springs 24-0 in a conference game. Justin Oertle got the Wildcats on the scoreboard first with a second quarter touchdown covering six yards.

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Energy drink gives sheriff personality change

The big doings around these parts concern Sheriff Riley Combover. He had been celerbrating too much, so he drank a couple of them energy drinks to clear his head before going home. Instead of giving Riley some alertness, the fuel give him the personality of an Olympic sprinter.

Will America protect our mothers?

In medicine, we routinely ask people about their family health history. Knowing that your mother had diabetes, or that your grandfather battled alcoholism, helps us be alert for health conditions to which you may be predisposed.

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Masked bandits hold up Carona pool hall

25 Years Ago October 17 - 23, 1996 Columbus has a new practicing attorney. Mike Goodrich, of Joplin, opened his law office in the Hartley Building at 112 East Maple. National Patient Account Management Day is October 18, 1996.