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The yellow line marks the approximate path of the tornado that touched down southwest of Parker on Sunday, April 26. The storm travel from the lower left up to the upper right. Journal staff report PLEASANT HILL, Mo. – The National Weather Service has deemed the tornado that touched down southwest of Parker on Sunday afternoon, April 26, was an EF-0 that had winds up to 80 mph. The tornado occurred about 4:38 p.m. and lasted about seven minutes until 4:45 p.m., traveling nearly 7 miles....

October 14, 1940 — April 26, 2026 Fontana Clyde Rookstool, 85, of Fontana, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home with family on April 26, 2026. As the root of our family, he grounded us with love and wisdom. His light will be deeply missed, but what he planted in us will remain. Clyde was born at home on October 14, 1940 in Parker, Kansas to Grace Cornett Rookstool and Frank Rookstool. Clyde attended school at Hawkeye one room schoolhouse and other schools. He graduated from Osawatomie High...

Human love is valuable precisely because it’s limited — we can’t be everything to everyone all the time. (Photo by Ben Collins / Upsplash By Oluwaseun Damilola Sanwoolu Special to the Kansas Reflector When the movie “Her” debuted in 2013, its plot felt like science fiction. The protagonist, Theodore, is a jaded man with no vigor for life. He comes alive after talking daily with his artificial intelligence chatbot, Samantha, with whom he eventually falls in love. But today people actually...