Get creative with cherry tomatoes
GateHouse News Service
The tomato-growing gene must have skipped me. Every woman in my family inherited it, except me. My grandmother, mother, sister and now my daughter, all grow beautiful, deeply…
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Final Friday rolls around again
Final Friday celebrations will be underway at 5 p.m. at the Carnegie Center for the Arts this Friday. This month, you'll have a chance to help the Kansas Heritage Center identify people and places sh…
Fort Riley unit prepares for Afghanistan
More than 300 troops of the 1st Sustainment Brigade at Fort Riley are preparing for a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.
Evanescence’s Amy Lee talks about the band’s upheaval and continued success
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It’s been a rough and rewarding road for singer-pianist Amy Lee. As co-founder and frontwoman of Evanescence, a pop band that’s as comfortable with hard rock as with ballads,…
Greg Zyla: Ford receives credit for the ‘moonroof’
Q: Hi, Greg, and thanks for your interesting columns for us auto lovers. Who do you feel gets the credit for introducing the initial “moonroof” on a production car? I know lots of cars have them thes…
The bacon diet
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The Little Man eats almost nothing. Nothing. Snacks and cereal. Carrots and apples, but only the non-squishy apples; if the apples have any squish about them whatsoever, they…
DC3 students celebrate first week of classes
As part of the opening week activities at Dodge City Community College, a zipline was brought in for students and staff to use Friday.
Local company answers questions
Lots of local businesses across America work hard to create success and never get any recognition.
United Wireless Communications Inc., a local Internet and phone service provider covering all of sou…
Morning Jolt: ‘The Hunger Games’ out sells ‘Harry Potter’
In the news On Friday, Amazon announced that “The Hunger Games” series has topped the “Harry Potter” series as the retailer’s top-selling books of all time. “The Hunger Games” is also on track to top…
Illinois State Fair vendor introduces the ‘buca-wich’
GateHouse News ServiceWho knew there was a new way to make a sandwich? Making its debut this year at the Illinois State Fair is the buca-wich, a 6-inch hoagie roll with filling stuffed into a grilled…