Month: January 2019

Kansas taxpayers just paid $20,000 to clean up another mess in the wake of former Secretary of State Kris Kobach. The bill is a lesser amount thanks to negotiations by the Attorney General’s office when…

One of the many duties as store manager at G&W Foods in Iola puts Daniel Gile on the road once a week. He’s the one responsible for delivering loads of groceries to customers who take…

When idealism clashed with pragmatism, Octagon City, meant to be a refuge for vegetarians south of Humboldt, failed to take root. The husband-and-wife writing team of Aaron Barnhart and Diane Eickhoff gave that take Tuesday…

40 Years Ago January 1979 Ross Arbuckle, operator of Iola’s first radio broadcasting station, a pioneer pilot and the oldest Chrysler car dealer in Kansas when he retired in 1967, died this morning at the…

Iola High School’s efforts to enhance its career technical education (CTE) offerings for students will be discussed at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the high school. The occasion is the annual CTE Advisory Committee meeting. Those…

How does the Manhattan area compare to other regions around the country when it comes to attracting new businesses? Pretty well, but there are some problems worth talking about. That’s the upshot from a presentation…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ new prisons chief is suggesting to legislators that the state corrections system is in crisis, and his briefings are leading lawmakers in both parties to conclude that they haven’t previously…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took to Twitter today to ratchet up his demands on his long-stalled border wall, appearing to sour on congressional talks aimed at striking a deal with Democrats that he…

A new report estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease, a medical milestone that’s mostly due to recent guidelines that expanded how many people have…

There was no change in the eligibility status of Kansas sophomore forward Silvio De Sousa on Wednesday — the day after the Jayhawks’ 73-63 loss to Texas in Austin, Texas. “It’s beyond frustration,” KU coach…