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U.S. ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots

White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha has issued a dire warning that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn’t swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments.

Amazon Prime Video gets solid 1st slate from NFL

A defensive coordinator trying to put together a game plan to stop Justin Herbert or Patrick Mahomes has an easier task than the NFL trying to put together the schedule for Thursday Night Football. There’s trying to put together intriguing matchups, only four teams can play multiple Thursday games, and there are the considerations of who and where teams are playing the week before because of the short turnaround.

Area athletes shine at UKC meet

TURNER – In their final meet before regionals, athletes from Basehor-Linwood, Lansing and Leavenworth showed they’re ready, over and over and over again. Competing in the United Kansas Conference championship meet Thursday, Basehor-Linwood junior Brenna Lynn, who already had the No.

Robert “Bob” Wayne Abel, Sr.

Robert “Bob” Wayne Abel, Sr., 84, of Winchester, KS, passed peacefully surrounded by his family on May 11, 2022. His self-proclaimed “Tom Sawyer life” began in Easton, Kansas, on March 10, 1938, with his parents, Rosa M. (Sass) and John L. Abel, Sr. He enjoyed carefree swimming in the creek, fishing and hunting while completing his education at Easton High School. He graduated in 1956. There, he met and married his wife of 62 years, Rose Mary (Winsor) Abel.