Dr. Baxter shares pulpit with others

Dr. Joseph H. Baxter was one of three men taking a rotation in the pulpit in the infancy of the First Christian Church. Elder J. A. Murray was assisted by Baxter and W. R. Cowley during the first ten years.

Johnston Public Library Hours

Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Masks will be required. Currently, there is a 10 person maximum with a 30-minute time limit. 210 W. 10th, Baxter Springs.

Shortage of harvest hands this season

25 Years Ago June 6 - 12, 1996 Christ Crusaders, youth group of Center Christian Church, left for a 5-day mission trip to Dallas, Texas.

Columbus Public Library Hours

The Columbus Public Library will be open to the public, with a five person limit. Mondays 9 p.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursdays 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Wednesdays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. By appointment only. Thursdays 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays 9 a.m.-noon. Saturdays 10 a.m.-noon.

Legislation hot line

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

Puritan way of life features in recent novel

If you’ve read “The Flight Attendant”, “The Red Lotus” and/or “The Sandcastle Girls” (or even if you haven’t), you won’t want to miss their author Chris Bohjalian’s new release, “Hour of the Witch.”

Time, size comparisons lose meaning

How big is big? We often hear references to pollution chemical impurities present, etc. expressed in “parts per billion”. Now we seem to constantly hear about our government spending trillion’s of dollars.

A ‘thank you’ to our town, Columbus

Columbus, thank you. Upon hearing the news our mom and grandmother, Betty Laswell, had received her “Well done thou good and faithful servant, great is your reward” from Father God on Sunday, May 23, our family began receiving many acts of kindness from her, and our, beloved hometown friends.

Governor urges citizens take military training

25 Years Ago June 6 - 12, 1996 Sgt. Robert Thomas, of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s office, eradicated 452 marijuana plants growing wild at a farm south of Hallowell.

Musk Thistle blooms contain 200 to 3,000 seeds

Musk Thistle is a native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It was introduced in 1800’s to the Atlantic cost of eastern North America. It was first discovered in Kansas in 1932 by T.C. Dodd in Washington County. Musk Thistle may grow as an annual, winter annual, or biennial.