Local News
Normally filled with flowers during the spring and summer, the plant holders will feature trees and candy canes.
Allen County 911 Communications Center’s education program received a combined, $7,810 in contributions in recent weeks.
Sports
Riley County cheers and Queen’s “We Are the Champions” echoed through Hal Prichard Stadium Friday night as a solemn bunch of Humboldt High players gathered around their coach.
Timothy Everson
Kansas is finalizing a contract to make Les Miles its next football coach, according to a report from Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger.
Jesse Newell
Lagerald Vick had declared for the NBA draft and Kansas had moved on without him, recruiting a trio of backcourt players to take his place and planning for the upcoming season.
State News
If elections have consequences, the top-of-the-ticket win for Democrats in Kansas likely carries no more obvious upshot than the probable expansion of Medicaid in the state.
Jim McLean
Seven Kansas school districts freed from some state rules now say getting that special status isn’t worth the effort.
STEPHAN BISAHA
The federal public defender’s office has asked for the release of 67 inmates from a Kansas federal prison.
National News
The potential magnitude of the wildfire disaster in Northern California escalated as officials raised the death toll to 63 and released a missing-persons list with 631 names on it more than a week after the flames swept through.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.
Dozens of lawmakers in Congress are using tracking tools on their campaign websites to collect personal information about online visitors.
Tim Johnson
Opinion
Vada Snodgrass had a wonderful life as a child in south Iola, “better than I realized at the time,” as the Great Depression gave way to World War II and beyond.
Bob Johnson
As the March 29 deadline nears for Great Britain and the European Union to agree on how the former will extricate itself, I feel increasingly sorry for Theresa May.
Susan Lynn
By this time next week, the Iola and Humboldt town squares will be lit up for the holidays.
Tracy Keagle
Lifestyle
Iolans Rex and Loretta Ellis will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 24 at the John Silas Bass North Community Building.
Please come celebrate Chub and Helen Bolling’s surprise 60th anniversary celebration from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 25 at the Bronson Community Center.
World News
British Prime Minister Theresa May was battling today to save both her Brexit deal and her job.
JILL LAWLESS, RAPHAEL SATTER and RAF CASERT
Chinese consumers will remain the driving force for luxury goods market.
For President Donald Trump in Paris, America First meant largely America alone.
Photos
Southwind Extension District recognized 4-H’ers young and old Wednesday evening at the Allen County 4-H Achievement Banquet.
Check out these great photos of some of our coloring contest participants and the winning drawings!
On Saturday, the top runners from around the state in class 1, 2 and 4A convened at the Wamego Country Club golf course to compete in the State Cross Country Championship meet.
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