Our favorite Thanksgiving recipes from our kitchen to yours

The familiar smells of cooking Thanksgiving dinner waft through the air each November, wrapping us all in the shared memories of time spent together. Whether it’s a warm, soft roll on the side of the plate or cutting into a pie with the perfect crust, wheat’s place at our family dinner tables makes it no surprise November is also National Bread Month.

Be Inspired

Being alone does not necessarily mean lonliness Jason Zabate .

The great coon’ bait caper

When it comes to eating habits, raccoons are a lot like teenage boys; they’ll eat anything that smells good, and a lot of things that don’t. Common home-grown coon baits are marshmallows, jelly beans, peanut butter, barbeque sauce, maple syrup and cream corn. There are people raking in the dough selling custom baked pet treats, so this year after the Kansas Fur Harvesters convention, I opened the Gilliland Coon’ Bait Test Kitchen, intent on dazzling the trapping world with my coon bait creations.

Club news

Nineteen members answered roll call at the Nov. 11 meeting of the Philomaths.

Ford County fire fighters complete leadership apprenticeship program

Ten Ford County firefighters completed a two-semester leadership class though the Kansas Apprenticeship Training Program of Hutchinson Community College (HCC). The program is designed for company officers, or the emergency response personnel who stands on the engine en route to a fire.

Chiefs’ Mahomes feels good after high pass volume vs Titans

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes said Wednesday that his right arm was feeling just fine after setting Kansas City Chiefs records for pass attempts and completions in last weekend’s come-from-behind overtime win over the Tennessee Titans.

DCCC: Men’s basketball snags win in home opener over McCook

Dodge City men’s basketball picked up their first win of the season as they took the floor at home for the first time this season and battled with McCook to claim a 68-57 win. The Conquistadors withstood a late surge from McCook that drew them within five with just over three minutes left and closed the game out to secure the double-figure win and move to 1-1 on the season.