Local News

County warms to Saint Luke's option

While traveling through northern Missouri a few months ago, Terry Sparks made an impromptu visit to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton.

Vickie Moss

Iolans to decide whether to extend city sales tax

It’s not a stretch to say the most important vote for Iolans on Election Day may have nothing to do with who becomes the state’s next governor, our next representative in Congress or who gets a sea

Richard Luken

Council talks solar

Iola City Council members will learn Monday whether the city can afford to add solar power to its electric portfolio.

Sports

Buffaloed

High School Football: Prairie View 42, Iola 14

Timothy Everson

PERFECTLY DOMINANT

High School Football: Humboldt 54, Southeast-Cherokee 12

Bob Johnson

Wildcats roll on Senior Night, 58-12

High School Football: Marmaton Valley 58, Chetopa 12

Richard Luken

State News

Kansas among states in which the referee is also running

WASHINGTON — In three states, the referee for the midterm elections is also on the field as a player.

Tim Johnson

Kobach proposes tougher welfare requirements

TOPEKA, Kan.

John Hanna

Plate reader catches robbber

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors are crediting data from a license plate reader for narrowing the search for the suspect in the robbery of a Walgreens store in Topeka.

National News

Recovery continues

MEXICO BEACH, Fla.

Giant hammer stolen

HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California are looking for a hammer. A really, really big one.

Michael spreads misery across Southeast

PANAMA CITY, Fla.

Opinion

Prevalent irony: That those in hopeless situations can often find silver linings

Fall is finally upon us.

By Tracy Keagle

Letter to the editor

Dear editor,

A belated thank you to the Farm City Days Committee. They did a good job of salvaging a good share of the activities.

Time for Orman to do what’s right

Greg Orman would seem to be the definition of a self-made millionaire and successful businessman.

Orman would like to add governor of Kansas to that resumé.

The Scott City Record

Lifestyle

UMW honors Alice Hood

Alice Hood was presented with a Dedicated Life certificate during an Iola United Methodist Women meeting Sept. 27 at Calvary United Methodist Church.

Carlyle news

Glen Cunningham played “Softly and Tenderly” for the prelude and “Jesus Paid It All” for the offertory Sunday.

Carlyle Presbyterian Church

Birth

Royce Mathis

Royce Andrew Mathis, son of Iolans Joshua and Laura Mathis, was born Aug. 15, 2018, in Chanute.

Royce weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 21.5 inches long.

Obituaries

Mary Grant

Mary Margaret Grant, age 101, of Iola, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at Windsor Place, Iola. Margaret was born Oct.

Marilyn Hemminger

Marilyn Sue Hemminger, 74, of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away Wednesday morning, Oct. 17, 2018 at her home with her family by her side under the care of the Iowa River Hospice.

Wilma Goodell

Wilma Goodell, age 92, of Colony, passed away on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe.

World News

First Canada, next up — the world?

MONTREAL (AP) — Cam Battley is a top executive at one of Canada’s biggest marijuana companies, but he isn’t sticking around to savor the country’s historic pot legalization.

Accomplice sought in Crimea attack

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities in Crimea were searching today for a possible accomplice of the student whose shooting-and-bomb attack on his vocational school killed 20 people and wounded more t

Saudis deny role in journalist’s disappearance

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said today he had spoken with Saudi Arabia’s king, who “denies any knowledge” of what happened to the Saudi journalist who disappeared after entering the ki

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