Latest photos by Mike Yoder

It's a Jewish tradition to prepare and eat traditional potato latkes — fried in oil ... December 12, 2012	Nechama Tiechtel fries latkes at Lawrence's Chabad Jewish Center. Tiechtel makes latkes — a treat ... December 12, 2012	Sophia Eddinger, 8, watches her father, Ryan Eddinger, clean a tray used in his hydroponic ... September 11, 2012
Ryan Eddinger, Lecompton, greets his daughters Stella 10, left, and Sophia, 8, after harvesting some ... September 11, 2012	Caroline Eddinger and her daughter Stella, 10, help operate Two Sisters Farm where a hydroponic ... September 11, 2012	Lettuce grows out of plastic trays where a steady flow of water and nutrients sustains ... September 11, 2012
There are many ways to bring the experience of watching March Madness at a bar ... March 19, 2012	This Cranberry Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese boasts whole-wheat pasta, cauliflower and sweetly grown-up cranberry cheddar ... February 19, 2012	A Hollywood Casino Show Girl gets set to welcome visitors to the opening of the ... February 6, 2012
MAD Farm's Dan Phelps harvests some heads of lettuce in a hoop house garden. Phelps ... January 27, 2012	From left are the Spa Smoothie, the Kick Start Smoothie and the Savory Green Smoothie. January 20, 2012	From left are the Savory Green Smoothie, Spa Smoothie and the Kick Start Smoothie. January 20, 2012
A strawberry-based Spa Smoothie. January 20, 2012	Gov. Sam Brownback December 14, 2011	Kansas women’s basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson, left, and the KU women’s basketball team, decked out ... October 5, 2011
De Soto high school students Raul Deleon, jr., and Mark Trasher, sophomore, prepare their team's ... November 10, 2010	Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, left, and Gov. Sam Brownback with his wife, Mary, at his ... November 3, 2010	Kim Bogart, left, a physician's assistant from Lawrence Memorial Hospital, checks on Sarah Ritchie, Lawrence, ... March 12, 2010
Julie Stoetzer, of Mission, left, a marketing manager at Huhtamaki in De Soto, visits with ... March 12, 2010	Savannah Moss, 6, left, De Soto, and Catherine Grosdidier, 10, Eudora, right, help package meal ... March 7, 2010