Month: October 2018
BOISE, Idaho Standing outside the gun shop she co-owns, next to her SUV sporting “NRA” on the license plate, Christy Perry pledges full support for President Donald Trump. “He’s doing a good job,” said Perry,…
LAHARPE With six days left before Tuesdays general election, contenders for two Allen County Commission seats stated their positions at a forum hosted by Allen County Farm Bureau. The five appeared Tuesday evening in…
Throw on a cape, warm up your powers and protect your secret superhero identity. It?s time for the Iola Public Library?s Family Reading Festival at the Iola High School Saturday. The ComicCon-themed event, titled ?Every…
Featured authors at the Iola Public Librarys Family Reading Festival, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Iola High School, inlcude: – Keynote author Brian McTavish, 10 a.m., Comic Genius: Masterworks of American Graphic…
Thanks to a grant from DCCCA, a statewide substance abuse prevention organization, the Allen County Multi-Agency Team was able to land New York-based inspirational speaker Shaun Derik, who delivered speeches ?advocating positive thinking, self-love, and…
Two of the top three campaigns for Kansas governor are relying heavily on a single source of cash: their own money. The last major campaign reports filed before next weeks election revealed that, in the…
Richard Wiley Wood passed away Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at his apartment in San Diego, Calif., at the age of 91 after a bout with several illnesses. Richard Wiley Wood was the last of seven…
Dave Holman, age 76, of Welda, died Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, at Stormont-Vail Health Center in Topeka. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Garnett. Burial will…
Dorothy Dottie Lucille (Smith) Barham, age 85, died Oct. 17, 2018. She recently lived in Iola with her daughter, Robin Renee Diviney. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday with services at 1…
The Iola Public Library has several programs for adults in November. The Intrepid Readers book discussion for November focuses on Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. Amid the bleak winter landscape of Massachusetts a hard-scrabble farmer…
