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COVID-19 vaccines create fault lines

When Don Hineman was Kansas House majority leader, he knew what he would be getting from a meeting with Kansans for Health Freedom. As the Dighton Republican tells it, the anti-vaccine group didn't have much clout in the Statehouse and was largely viewed as being on the fringe, though there may have been a few kindred members of the Legislature.

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Late fall fertilization, weed control key for lawns

With the arrival of cool fall weather, the need for certain lawn and garden maintenance tasks slows down and eventually comes to an end when the ground freezes. But the cool weather and shorter days of late fall don’t signal the end of the need for certain lawn maintenance. In fact, late fall is one of the best times of the year to improve a stand of lawn grass, when an investment of time, sweat, and some lawncare products will yield a healthier, greener and more dense stand of turf earlier next spring.

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