Admire News

All lanes of eastbound and westbound US-56 highway between K-31 and K-99 highways west of Osage City will be closed between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday so crews can remove from a ditch a semi trailer and the wind turbine tower it was hauling, the Kansas Department of Transportation said Tuesday morning.

As mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, two thieves were crucified at the same time as Jesus, one on his right and one on his left, giving significance to the three crosses presented as a symbol of Jesus' crucifixion.

Each Friday in March through October, the Howe House, 315 E. Logan, will be open for tours from 1 - 5 p.m. A lifetime resident of Admire, she was born March 27, 1927, in Council Grove.

An upgrade to 911 responder equipment made possible by a 95 percent Federal Emergency Management Agency grant will aid rural Lyon County emergency volunteer responders with faster response times.