Month: November 2018

Dear Carolyn: My friend “Jane” just told me, as a courtesy, that she has struck up a connection with my ex-boyfriend “John” and that things are headed in a romantic direction. John and I dated…

Because President Trump is so keen on anything concerning money, the one thing that may grab his attention in the recent report on climate change is its $500 billion price tag. If we don’t take…

Elected officials headed to Capitol Hill and statehouses can learn plenty from the students I recently was privileged to speak with on four college campuses. So can candidates already considering 2020. Many of our democratic…

Access to birth control is crucial to ensuring women can control their lives, plan their families and, in many cases, manage ongoing medical conditions. Yet by pushing to let more employers deny insurance coverage for…

Throngs of Humboldt residents descended upon downtown Humboldt Friday for the Bicycle Around Humboldt’s Holiday Celebration. Additional photos available here.

USD 257 board members and the public can expect to hear a long-awaited proposal for a new elementary school in Iola at a meeting tonight. A steering committee has been studying the state of district…

A busy holiday concert schedule kicks off Tuesday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, with the Iola High School and Iola Middle School choirs to perform at 7 p.m. Admission is free. On Saturday, Miss…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A winter snowstorm has closed several universities and school districts in Kansas as crews work to clear the roads. The National Weather Service says the storm dumped from 2 to 14…

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — U.S. border agents fired tear gas on hundreds of migrants protesting near the border with Mexico on Sunday after some of them attempted to get through the fencing and wire separating…

Yvonne Ione Settlemyer, age 84, of Colony, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, at Olathe Health Hospice House. She was born on Oct. 26, 1934, in LeRoy, to Tom Hensley and Mary Elizabeth (Strauch)…