La Crosse News

Customs are practices, the distinctive things that people do. In the latest contest to be announced by the Kansas Sampler Foundation, they're also described as quirky things; collections; and objects that define an event, area or tradition.

As farmers waited for the start of the 2009 wheat harvest, Bill Legleiter's 1974 Massey Ferguson simply chomped away at a field just north of Liebenthal.

It is often said that alcohol lowers your morality and changes your personality, which is a major reason why so much crime is associated with its use.

Paul and Joy Thomas, Auburn, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Melissa Thomas, to Derrick Schlegel, son of Gene and Cheryl Schlegel, Alexander.

The message Thursday evening was loud and clear: Adjustments need to be made to the location of a proposed power line stretching from Spearville to Hays.

Debra Rogers, McCracken and the late David Rogers announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Emily Rogers, to Scott Keener, son of Jeff and Tacy Keener, Rush Center.

Thirty-nine communities in Kansas will be receiving money from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment under the auspices of the federal stimulus bill.

Christine Jane Suppes and Mark Joseph Baalmann were married March 7, 2009, at St.

Mary Leidig hasn't even had a full month to recover after serving Thanksgiving dinner to nearly 130 Rush County residents.

When their longtime pharmacy -- the only one in the county -- closed at the beginning of this year, they were left to drive 30 minutes to fill their prescriptions.