
OU softball signs Blue Springs outfielder for 2024
The Ottawa University softball program has signed Laurin Andrews for the 2024 season. She is from Blue Springs, Mo., and attends Blue Springs High School.

The Ottawa University softball program has signed Laurin Andrews for the 2024 season. She is from Blue Springs, Mo., and attends Blue Springs High School.
TOPEKA — Kansans had fewer homicides, more marriages and higher numbers of drug-related deaths in 2021, a recently released summary of the year’s statistics found. Heart disease remained the leading cause of death for Kansans in 2021, followed by cancer, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s 2021 summary, which was released Dec.

At my house, classic TV is a given. My 93-yearold father-in-law enjoys watching reruns of westerns, Perry Mason, Andy Griffith, and Gomer Pyle. With these old favorites come commercials targeting an aging population: Medicare Advantage plans, reverse mortgages, and "miracle solutions" for neuropathy, with free consultations for the first 250 people who call!
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old male in reasonably good health. I'm a moderate drinker, and I lift weights every other day. I have always been sexually active, as I've been married for 23 years to a beautiful woman I love, who is 19 years younger than me. In the past two years, I have had a very difficult gallbladder operation, along with bleeding ulcers and a stomach hernia operation. My sex drive has diminished greatly, and I have tried Viagra, Cialis and penile injections. Nothing gives me an erection!

Dear Readers: As the global pan- demic waxes, wanes, and threatens to wax again, we seem to be experiencing something of a hybrid existence as we try to serve our own health needs, while trying also to respect and protect those around us.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office reported he following calls for service from Dec. 23-27.

East Central Kansas Model T Ford Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
Dec. 22 The Wellsville Police Department reported the following calls for service from Dec.

TOPEKA — Millions in funding for child drug addiction prevention will be poured into Kansas communities where children are more at risk of exposure to opioids and drug abuse. Gov.