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Kansas chaplain says hospice care is about living, not dying
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — We deserve to die in peace, Father Tom Welk says. He's the chaplain at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2t7BKP4 ) reported. You could say he counsels the dying. He says he counsels the l...
Anti-drug mentor deals with son's drug-related death
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Lynn Gilkey and her husband, David, had just loaded two dozen young people they mentor on a bus for a spring break trip in March that was supposed to give the teens hope. When word came that one of the teens supposed to make t...
Wichita moms struggle with school, homelessness
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Heidi sleeps most nights in her pickup with her two boys, ages 1 and 5. She parks in one of Wichita's truck stops. They allow public access and don't seem inclined to run people off, she told The Wichita Eagle (...
Christmas cookies a 4-generation family tradition
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Make a note: If you're going to bake 670 or so Christmas cookies, it will cost you $250 at Costco for 45 cups of flour and roughly 50 other ingredients: nutmeg, sugar, brown sugar, red sugar, green sugar, red hot cinnamon, almond...
Kansas Air Force pilot missing since 1965 to be buried
WICHITA, Kan. (AP, posted Sept. 11, 2016) — After Dean Klenda went missing in action during the Vietnam War, his sister worked relentlessly with the U.S. military for decades to keep a search going for his remains. When they finally called and t... Full story