Among the improvements planned for Thornton Road on the west side of Casa Grande are widening it to 40 feet with two 12-foot lanes, 8-foot shoulders and turn lanes.

* The Yakima Valley Museum's 2007 special exhibit "In Memory Of: Expressions of Mourning in Victorian America" was recently presented an Award of Exhibit Excellence from the Washington Museum Association.

LUCAS — The Lucas Arts & Humanities Council and the Flint Hills Tourism Coalition have been awarded a combined $72,151 in attraction development grants by the Kansas Department of Commerce, to promote tourism.

Last free show set AUBURN— Trust About Daisies will perform a free concert at noon, Aug. 28 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Auburn Riverwatch. The Portland quintet features four-part vocal harmony, and draws inspiration from a range of stylistic traditions, i

It has been 20 years or more since I last visited Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun in Kansas City. I forget what the inducement was on that weekend, but it must have lured every family -- and I mean every family -- from a multistate area. It was the theme