Month: December 2018

Oral Hazel Rhynerson, age 101, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, at her home.   Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound…

Iola Public Library will kick off the new year with programs on soup, William Inge, the Allen County vegetarian colony, and more. First up is the monthly Intrepid Readers book discussion program at 2 p.m.…

ULYSSES, Kan. (AP) — A 16-year-old Kansas boy will soon earn his high school diploma — and a few days later he’ll travel to Harvard to collect his bachelor’s degree. Ulysses High School senior Braxton…

WASHINGTON — Sen. Pat Roberts likes to quote a piece of advice from his mentor, the late U.S. Rep. Keith Sebelius of Kansas: “Smother your enemies with the milk of human kindness and pray it…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Carlyle Presbyterian was beautifully decorated for the annual Christmas Eve service.  Pastor Steve Traw welcomed members and guests. Pianist Myrna Wildscheutz played a prelude of lovely Christmas hymns and also accompanied the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America’s farmers. Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized agriculture, conservation and safety net programs, the USDA…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Commerce Bank vs. Maureen E. Olson, other civil Marriage licenses issued: J.V. Wagner and Ila D. Wagner   MAGISTRATE COURT Judge Tod Davis Convicted of no seat…

Former Iolan Mike Wilmoth is featured in the winter 2019 issue of Pheasants Forever magazine. Wilmoth, 60, and a 1976 graduate of Iola High School who now lives in Wellington, grew to love hunting on…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — There have been plenty of times over the past 14 years that Kansas was supposed to have a tough test in the Big 12, only for the Jayhawks to emerge on…

It was the night before Christmas — 6:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, to be exact — and rich aromas of brisket and Brussels sprouts filled the kitchen of Collman Lloyd’s home in Lexington, S.C. At…