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There is a current running through everything — a quiet pull beneath the noise. You can feel it in the hum of the world when you stop long enough to listen.
It moves through conversations, …
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By Tyler Hook
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2/11/26
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It was in high school that I started delving in to the world of journalism. I was the editor of my high school newspaper and something about it just drew me in. When I graduated from high school my …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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2/5/26
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It wasn’t one moment that raised the question. There was no single headline, no dramatic turning point. It arrived quietly, through repeated conversations that sounded almost casual at first.
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By Tyler Hook
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2/5/26
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It's just not fair.
I've said those words. Friends and family have said those words. Complete strangers have said those very words.
Why are those words so common place? Because in reality, …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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1/28/26
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Somewhere along the way, each of us was handed a script. No one remembers the moment it happened. There’s no ceremony, no signature. It arrives quietly — a collection of unspoken rules, small …
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By Tyler Hook
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1/28/26
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In a world obsessed with instant images, I still wait.
While others tap glass screens and swipe through filters, I stand beneath the amber glow of the darkroom lamp, watching time reveal what …
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By Tyler Hook
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1/21/26
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When you lose someone you care about it is never easy. But when you lose that person due to the actions of another - it's a whole other story.
One thing I have noticed in my 40 years of covering …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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1/13/26
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Studies have shown that when people act on their first instinct—often called “trusting your gut”—they are right far more often than they realize. Some research places that accuracy rate near …
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By Tyler Hook
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1/13/26
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Sometimes, there is a law or a rule that serves as a guide to let us know what we should or should not do and when.
But sometimes, there's not anything in place other than our own moral code. …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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1/7/26
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There is a place you cannot reach by walking. It always moves as you approach, distant yet inviting, empty yet full of promise. Some call it ambition, some call it imagination. I call it the horizon.
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By Tyler Hook
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1/7/26
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It was a year ago - January 2025 - that I almost ceased to exist. Or as some say today became "unalived". I'm not sure why that is the term that many of the younger generation uses these days. The …
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12/31/25
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As the calendar turns and another year slips quietly into memory, many of us will be asked the same familiar question: What is your New Year’s resolution?
The answers are often …
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By Tyler Hook
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12/31/25
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Every life is drawn in invisible lines. They stretch across the air before we even notice them, intersecting with other lives, bending around obstacles, crossing empty spaces that will later fill …
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12/30/25
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There are moments in life that never make the news. They don’t trend, they don’t spark debates, and they don’t earn applause. They slip past unnoticed—quiet transactions of humanity that live …
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By Tyler Hook
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12/23/25
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Social media platforms such as Snap Chat, Facebook and Tik Tok have become quite the "rage" for people of all ages. Kids as young as 12 and even a smattering or two of younger ones, as well as adults …
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By Nancy Wallace-Kletecka, Managing Editor/Publisher
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12/23/25
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Being a native Kansan and having family in western Kansas, I read The Ulysses News article: "Ulysses Masonic Lodge Supports local groups with recent donations" (November 26 issue). One of …
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James A. Marples
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12/10/25
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We carry more than we realize. Not always in backpacks, or in the clutter of our homes, or in the accounts of work. Most of it is invisible: thoughts, habits, words we’ve repeated without …
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12/10/25
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What began at the turn of the 20th century as an effort to gain a single day of recognition for the first Americans’ contributions to the United States has grown into a full month of …
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By Tyler Hook
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12/3/25
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Thanksgiving didn’t begin with abundance. It began with uncertainty — with long winters, limited supplies, and people who weren’t sure what the next season would bring. The earliest …
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11/26/25
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We carry more than we realize. Not always in backpacks, or in the clutter of our homes, or in the accounts of work. Most of it is invisible: thoughts, habits, words we’ve repåeated …
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By Tyler Hook
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11/19/25
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It’s been one of those weeks—the kind that reminds you just how quickly people can turn small things into heavy ones. A simple mistake becomes a scandal. A difference of opinion becomes a …
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By Tyler Hook
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11/12/25
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It’s strange how we can reach anyone, anywhere, at any time — and still feel alone.
A few bars of signal, a flash of Wi-Fi, and the world is right there in our hands. We can text …
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By Tyler Hook
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11/12/25
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Lately, it feels like the world has learned to run itself — and somehow, that’s made it easier to stop paying attention.
Most of us live on autopilot more than we realize. We wake up …
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By Tyler Hook
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10/29/25
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As the crisp autumn breeze begins to sweep across the fields of Grant County, there's more than just the change of seasons in the air — I have a renewed sense of community, collaboration, and …
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By Paige Kratzer, Grant County Economic Development Board Member
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10/29/25
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After a week on the road for school, I slipped into our building early and my kids came running. In just a few days they looked older. Distance helps you notice growth. The same is true in our souls: …
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By Andy McMillan
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10/29/25
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