Lebanon News

It was 1962. On hot and sticky summer nights, chocolate milkshakes lined the tables of every booth of the Rio milk bar in Summer Hill.

Every state has something quirky to boast about, and Kansas is not any different.

Now and again - every 25 years or so, I'm told - the newsroom where I work undergoes a top-to-bottom cleaning and re-organizing. This is a getting-new-carpet, moving-furniture, finally-clearing-shelves-and-delving-into-forgotten-file-cabinets sort of endeavor, and it has been fascinating.

Gaylord has been added to the list of post offices proposed for closure, the second such proposal in Smith County.