Sage Singleton KSL.com With fall here already and temperatures beginning to change, cold and flu season is upon us — and just about everyone is vulnerable. Kids are going back to school where they’ll be exposed to germs, and a co-worker with a sore throat can ignite an officewide flu ...

Chad Beckwith puts on a pumpkin costume to draw business to the Pumpkin Patch at First Christian Church. First Christian Church has opened the Pumpkin Patch at 5230 Broadway Ave. Each year, the church purchases pumpkins from the Navajo Nation, which has a farm near Shiprock, New Mexico. “We help ...

Why your Wi-Fi-connected device is vulnerable to hacks and what to do about it Early Monday morning, university researcher Mathy Vanhoef launched a website detailing a new hack he discovered that essentially leaves all Wi-Fi connected devices vulnerable to cybercriminals. …What? A hacker can use the new attack technique, known ...

By Lindsey Miller FamilyShare October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so it’s a perfect time to talk about the early warning signs, how to prevent it and how to catch it early. A lump in your breast is an obvious sign, but do you know the others? Having breast cancer ...

Friday Oct. 20 No school — Great Bend. Friends of the Library book sale — 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Great Bend Public Library. Friends membership required. Ellinwood Chamber After Hours — 5:30 p.m. at the Ellinwood American Legion. American Legion Dinner: Chicken fried steak — 5:30-7 p.m. at American Legion ...

Last Friday night United Way of Central Kansas made its annual poster presentation in Great Bend during the half time of the Great Bend High School football game with Liberal. This project has been a long-standing event for UWCK and is one that is highly anticipated each year. In the ...

Kids prepare for Halloween They entered the basement as ordinary children, but walked out as skeletons. Or ninja turtles, witches and clowns. Dozens of children showed up at the Great Bend Public Library last Saturday to choose Halloween costumes. It was the sixth year that the Kiwanis Club and library ...

After a stressful or busy day, there is nothing better than lounging on the couch and binging your favorite TV show. However, if you want a good night’s sleep, you might want to rethink your favorite habit. A study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that binge-watching is ...

I have experienced an interesting phenomenon in the last few years: I am getting older. It’s been happening for a while, sure. Every day. But this last year, I realized the days of my youth are starting to ebb like the tide on its way to the sea. My children ...

Victor L. Martin First, let’s discuss last week’s precipitation a bit. The area received rainfall at the beginning of last week. Western Kansas and much of our area received significant rainfall and areas to the south of Barton County were under a flood watch for a bit. Amounts locally appeared ...