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For Supreme Court justices, secrecy is part of the job

Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was hospitalized, his health failing, when he gave his son Hugo Jr. an order: Burn the papers. Worried that the publication of certain of his private notes could harm the court or his colleagues, he insisted on their destruction.

Rambo honors father with no-hitter

On the night Leavenworth baseball honored his late father, Charlie Rambo pitched the game of his life. The Leavenworth junior tossed a no-hitter to lead the Pioneers to an 11-0 victory Tuesday against Wyandotte.

BLOOMING AZALEA

Do you have a photo to share with the Times? Email the photo and information to MRountree@cherryroad.com Shown is an azalea plant near the Leavenworth County shop. Jim Murry .

Kansas again needs bipartisan cooperation on issue of hunger

In the past several decades, there have been a number of examples of bipartisan cooperation on the part of elected officials in Kansas with respect to the most important issue that people not go hungry. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, newly elected Democrat Shirley Chisolm from New York and veteran GOP Sen. Bob Dole from Kansas teamed up to expand the food stamp program in response to concerns about