Month: October 2018
KwiKom Communications is growing. The Iola-based company announced in a news release this week it has acquired Midwestern Litho, Inc., which does business as Twin Mounds Internet in Fredonia, serving wireless, fiber-optic and cable customers…
Brody Nemecek, chapter president of FFA at Iola High School, gave a program on 4-H swine judging at the Wednesday meeting of the Allen County Area Retired School Personnel. Nemecek has an extensive portfolio of…
HOUSTON The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of children who entered the U.S. illegally to a temporary tent shelter on the border in Texas that immigrant advocates have condemned as substandard. The camp, which…
Standard procedure for wannabe politicians is a process called vetting, that is, ensuring theres no skeletons in the closet. Campaigners for Steve Watkins missed that memo. Watkins, Republican from Topeka, is running against Paul Davis,…
Dear editor, Upon its inception 47 years ago, the founders of this non-profit organization developed a culture focused on promoting greater understanding and a sharing of knowledge between the agricultural and farming community and the…
Jason Kanders decision to withdraw Tuesday from the mayors race to seek treatment for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder will surprise many Kansas Citians. Anyone who reads his courageous and candid statement, though, will reach the…
The report released (last) week showing that personal income in Kansas grew at 4.7 percent during the second quarter is further evidence that state legislators were right to repeal the disastrous tax-cut policies implemented under…
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) A police officer was killed and six of his comrades were wounded when authorities said an elderly man began shooting at deputies who came to serve a search warrant, barricading himself…
Jerry and Peggy Marple will celebrate their 50th anniversary, which comes Friday, with a cruise, compliments of their children. Jerry Marple and Peggy Conner were married Oct. 5, 1968, at Iolas old Baptist Church. They…
Heading into Tuesdays triangular with Santa Fe Trail and Anderson County, the Iola volleyball team was riding high as winners of three of their last four matches, fresh off of consecutive sweeps. The Fillies did…
