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The town barber always gives the best advice. One day he told a customer, “You know, hair is like a lawn.

There will be a government surplus commodities distribution on Monday, January 22nd, at the United Methodist Church of Restoration in Stockton. The distribution will be held from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Plainville Week of January 26 Breakfast Monday—Yogurt, granola, cereal, tropical fruit, fruit juice, milk. Tuesday—Biscuit and gravy, cereal, banana, fruit juice, milk.

The menus for the Senior Centers in Rooks County for the week beginning Monday, January 26, are as follows: Monday— Chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots, bread, pineapple. Tuesday— Ground beef vegetable soup, pudding, crackers, mandarin oranges.

It’s Friday night, and the weather outside is colder than a penguin’s toenails. It’s a perfect night for staying in and pretending I’m not freezing my backside off.

The Kansas Department of Transportation has reopened U.S. 281 in Osborne County between Portis and the north U.S. 24 junction. The 3.5-mile section has been closed since March 2025 for reconstruction.

• The population in 1900 was approximately 10,000 residents. • A peak population of around 15,000 was recorded in the 1920 census.

The one-cent sales tax for the construction of a new Stockton City Pool went into effect on January 1st, 2017, with the new pool opening that summer on Tuesday, July 25th. The sales tax is in effect for 20 years, until the bonds are paid off, and will sunset at that time.

'You must be born again' was the message title from John 3:1-15. The greatest tragedy in religion today is the fact that a lot of church members and even a lot of religious leaders don't know how they can go to heaven when the Bible tells us how we can.

A Praying Church in the House of God: A Living Witness to the World! Isaiah 56:6-7, Acts 6:3-4.