Don't expect any updates for a few days.

The Commish called late Friday night. We've had a death in the family. A great uncle was hit and killed in an accident outside his home east of Clearwater. I wanted to get back home for the holidays, but not like this.

According to a phone call from the Sedgwick County Sheriff to the Commish and the Wichita Eagle, Uncle Dale was hit by an SUV while retrieving his mail around dusk. The SUV was driven by a young man from Clearwater who was taking his wife and baby to visit a sick relative in Mulvane. Thank God there won't be any charges pressed against him; the preliminary investigation says it was nothing but a tragic accident. One that just happened to crush two families (ours and theirs) eight days before Christmas.

Happy holidays indeed.