The same day a boil-water order for Burns was lifted Saturday after three days, a boil order for Rural Water District No. 1 was imposed and remained in effect Tuesday night. Both advisories followed ...

But in this class, a tortilla is not just a tortilla. It’s a life lesson for students in negotiating adult life: feeding themselves, spending wisely, working with other people, learning from mistakes, ...

No one expected the cookbook to become a runaway hit. Published in 1976, “More-with-Less Cookbook” sold 850,000 copies and became the all-time bestseller of Herald Press, the Mennonite and Anabaptist ...

In the process he regained the respect of many who had previously despised him and demonstrated that leaders can lose power without losing influence. In the 1930s and 1940s, both Hoover and his ...

Fallen trees lay along, and sometimes on, the trail. Spider webs stretched across the path, forcing me to duck, weave, and occasionally stop altogether. Dodging them became almost an aerobic exercise ...

Relatives are requesting a card shower for the 50th wedding anniversary of Brian and Nancy (Voth) Stucky of Goessel. They were married Oct. 9, 1976, at Goessel. He retired in 2013 as an art and ...

Marion’s ‘something’ Historic hotel is a discovered destination for travelers. By CLARA GERMANI. Staff writer. On a pink late afternoon in April, I drove through budding whe ...

Dozens hailed from Kansas communities that were once little more than names on a page to me: Hillsboro, Hesston, and Goessel. This past week, I worshipped at a Mennonite church for the first time. I ...

The Hillsboro girls’ tennis team traveled Thursday to Lindsborg for the Smoky Valley Invitational. Brooklyn Thiessen won the only match for the Trojans — an 8-4 singles result. Coach Kyla Isaac said ...

It’s the kind of chance encounter that can happen in a small-town coffee shop, where a cup of coffee can lead to a familiar face or a new friendship. For Sheryl Richert, coffee shops are places where ...

Emily Frantz will breathe a sigh of relief when six blocks of Main St. in Hillsboro close from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for Arts and Crafts Fair. Days leading up to the annual event are hectic. As ...

When you Google something, you’re using a data center. When you go on Facebook, you’re using a data center. Use ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, or any of a host of other AI agents to write something or ...