Month: March 2018
Nearly four months into the process, Allen County commissioners promised Tuesday they would decide the fate of five applicants for economic development funding by next week. What that will be may be a mixed bag.…
Allen County commissioners were told Tuesday they may find recompense if old U.S. 169 between Iola and the back way into Chanute were damaged as an unofficial detour. Within a matter of weeks U.S. 169…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas schools that refuse to allow teachers to carry guns could be held legally responsible in the event of a tragedy under a proposal drafted after last months mass shooting at…
A new batch of designs for how Iola schools might be improved and reconfigured greeted steering committee members at their meeting Tuesday night. This is only the beginning, Rick Brown, project architect with SJCF Architects,…
“American Pickers,” a popular History Channel documentary series that features Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz combing the countryside for unusual or rusted antiques, will be in Kansas this spring. The hit show follows the pair,…
Iola Public Library Iola Public Library has a variety of programs for adults over the next month. The Allen County Multi-Agency Team (ACMAT) presents Maximizing Your Role as a Teen Influencer: What You Can Do…
Iolan Joe Shrum, 60, died Saturday, March, 17, 2018, at his home. Shrum worked for 30 years as a custodian at McKinley Elementary School. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Arrests reported Patrick J. Thomas, 45, Iola, was arrested by Iola police officers early Saturday for suspicion of driving while impaired and speeding in the 1700 block of East Street. Charges requested Officers were called…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A water park company co-owner accused of rushing the worlds tallest waterslide into service and a designer accused of shoddy planning have been charged in the decapitation of a 10-year-old boy…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers have approved tougher penalties for making false calls to police three months after an officer fatally shot a Wichita man during a deadly hoax emergency call. The Wichita Eagle…
