Month: January 2019

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — At least eight Kansas Republicans have expressed interest in running for the Senate seat Pat Roberts will be leaving after four terms, but a big cloud hovers over the potential 2020…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man who authorities say drafted a manifesto for militia members involved in a foiled plot to massacre Muslims in southwest Kansas was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison during…

Paul F. Sorenson, age 76, Iola, passed away Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at his residence. Paul was born Feb. 2, 1942, in Albany, Calif., to Furhman Sorenson and Helen (Nelson) Sorenson. Paul graduated from El…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Jared C. Gant vs. Jenny C. Tobin, protection from abuse State of Kansas, ex rel DCF vs. Susanne R. Komma, paternity State of Kansas, ex rel DCF…

COLONY — A donkey ball tournament will run from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday as a fund-raiser for the Crest High School After Prom Committee. Four teams will compete in the tournament, representing GSSB Colony…

The Farmers Alliance Companies in McPherson have announced that Iola-based Personal Service Insurance has been named a Farmers Alliance Advantage Agent for 2019. To qualify, an agency must exhibit “superior professionalism” over five consecutive years,…

Wintry weather forced the cancellation of Sunday’s Carlyle Presbyterian Church service. This week’s service will be followed by the annual congregational/corporation meeting at noon.

TOPEKA — Humboldt’s Monarch Cement Company was among the honorees Thursday at a Community Health Promotion Summit in Manhattan. Monarch received the 2019 Organizational Health Champion award, presented by the Kansas Department of Health and…

A weather expert says bitter cold as bad or worse than the 2014 polar vortex outbreak is coming to North America next week, as frigid air escapes the Arctic in two icy excursions into Canada…

The Senior Citizens Center, sponsored by the Community Action Program and located in the building formerly used by the Lewis Paint Co. at 208 S. Jefferson, is now open. Present plans call for the center…