Month: November 2018

Lynn Royce Goodnight, 83, formerly of Iola, died on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. Survivors include his wife, Nancy Joan Payne Goodnight of Dewey, Ariz.; son, Michael Lynn Goodnight, Neenah, Wisc., and other family members.  He…

Helen Lankton, 83, Iola, formerly of Le Roy, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Christian Church in Le Roy,…

Officers arrested Alanis Stine-Burris, 17, Erie, and Deandre Hedrick, 24, Wichita, for a host of charges Friday following a pair of incidents in Iola. The first was reported Friday morning at Iola Walmart, in which…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Zachary Hutton, 37, Iola, in the 200 block of South Tennessee Street Saturday for a warrant out of Johnson County District Court. Susan Springeman, 67, Iola, was arrested Nov.…

The Iola High School and Iola Middle School strings bands will perform at 6 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. An article in Monday’s paper incorrectly reported the time of the event.…

Survey says: Support businesses YATES CENTER — The results of a RevitalizeYC survey have been collected, the Yates Center News reported. Responses had a common theme: “Don’t forget about the businesses we already have.” The…

NEW YORK (AP) — Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. Overall, there were more than 2.8 million U.S.…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man who is fighting deportation to his native Bangladesh for overstaying his visa was given a reprieve until at least 2022 after an immigration judge agreed to consider…

GM plans to cut about 14,000 jobs and shut down several factories in a move to restructure. The news is disappointing, but the logic is sound. GM needs to invest in its future, and that…

30 Years Ago December 1988 Iola voters will go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether the city’s governing body will be increased from three to five members. A charter ordinance laying the groundwork for…