Our final Hometown Hero courtesy of Robert’s Heating and Cooling is James Walker! James was nominated by Shanna Mittie. Her nominating letter is below: James Walker is a 2nd generation American as his grandparents immigrated to the United States from Scotland on his dad’s side and Lithuanian on his mother’s side. He attended high school [...]
It's no Boomtown, but it was impressive. A tractor-trailer hit a pickup truck in Canada last week. No one was seriously hurt, though one drive was taken in for minor injuries. Nothing special, right? Well... The pickup happened to be towing a trailer filled to the brim with fireworks. You can probably guess where this is [...]
November is upon us which means it's time to start trying to figure out how to juggle the five different Thanksgiving dinners you're invited to. It's stressful, but at least there will be turkey and ham. But, more importantly, mashed potatoes, stuffing and green bean casserole! Campbell's Soup has dropped its annual Thanksgiving poll on [...]
Our fifth Hometown Hero courtesy of Robert’s Heating and Cooling is Ryan Stevenson! Derek was nominated by his wife, Danielle. Her nominating letter is below: I am writing to nominate my soldier, and husband, Ryan Stevenson. Ryan graduated high school in Kokomo, Indiana, and shortly after, made his vow to his family and country. Ryan [...]
Our second Hometown Hero courtesy of Robert’s Heating and Cooling is Tom Greening! Derek was nominated by his wife, Lisa. Her nominating letter is below: Tom served in the Army in the 101st Airborne as an infantry soldier during the Cold War. He was a mortar man, squad leader, sergeant, platoon sergeant and later joined the [...]
Our second Hometown Hero courtesy of Robert’s Heating and Cooling is Savannah Brethauer! Savannah was nominated by her mother, Jennifer. Her nominating letter is below: Savannah was a combat medic in the US Army for 6 years. She spent 364 days straight in Iraq, where they tried to blow her up once, the rest of the [...]
Apparently, we Kansans are difficult to understand. At least our 'slang' is. A website called preply broke down America's hardest-to-understand states, and the Sunflower State ended up ranking seventh. This was based of a quiz of 1,000 U.S. residents on various slang terms from all 50 states. The top 10 was: Maine Montana Mississippi West [...]
(Above image is not, in fact, coffee in space.) The video in question has gone viral over the last few days from the European Space Agency and shows the difficulties in trying to get your java fix in the weightlessness of space. The video had 1.4 million views inside of four days. Check it out [...]
Our second Hometown Hero courtesy of Robert's Heating and Cooling is Derek Gray! Derek was nominated by his wife, Jenny. Her nominating letter is below: I'd like to nominate my husband Derek. He served in the Army for 10 years between 2003 and 2013. From what his former soldiers say he was always there for [...]
Our Hometown Hero this week is Joseph Dillon! He was nominated by Zach Koenig. His nomination letter is below! Mr. Dillon is a long standing member of the U.S. Army with service in both the Active Duty and KS National Guard branches. He has made a large impact on many Soldiers due to his wealth [...]