Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending July 3, 2021.

15 Year Ago

July 7, 2006

• Mumps case confirmed in Colorado. The state normally has 3-4 cases of mumps each year. The state had six cases in 2005 and only three this year including the newly confirmed case.

25 Years Ago

July 5, 1996

• A twelve-team double elimination T-ball tournament will be held at the ball park in Las Animas.
• Federal regulators approved the $5.4 billion merger of Union Pacific & Southern Pacific railroads.

40 Years Ago

At the start of the pandemic, many analysts believed that the prices of owner-occupied housing would be heavily affected. After all, owner-occupation is a market and is influenced by the economy.

The biannual U.S. Catholic bishops’ meeting received more than its usual attention this June due to one particular item on its agenda: a proposed document on the Sacrament of the Eucharist.

Pearls of faith from Pastor Richard Zabriskie.

Rural life and humor, with characters from the mind of Slim Randles.

A severe thunderstorm watch is in place for portions of eastern Colorado.

While the United States as a whole has fallen slightly short of the goal of vaccinating 70% of the adult population by July 4, Colorado achieve the milestone one day early.

Bob Garver takes a look at "F9: The Fast Saga," the latest installment of the Fast and the Furious series.

The body of a paraglider who crashed into Lake Pueblo Saturday has been recovered.