Month: January 2019

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver De’Anthony Thomas was arrested early Saturday morning in Humboldt on possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.  According to the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, Thomas was driving down Ninth Street just…

ARKANSAS CITY — Allen Community College’s men’s and women’s basketball losing ways did not let up at Cowley County on Saturday.  Both teams dropped their fourth-straight games after the men lost 77-60 and the women…

Crest hosted Uniontown on Friday and split with the boys winning 51-45 while the girls lost big to the Lady Eagles 59-36.  The win moves the Lancer boys to 5-8 overall while the girls drop…

Republicans and Democrats are braced for a fight over whether state government in Kansas should cash in on the ramifications of the 2017 federal tax cut. The sides are staking out their positions and could…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Clint Bowyer mapped out his plans for the brief NASCAR offseason, he focused primarily on relaxation, and for the most part, he stuck to it. Family time over the holidays.…

Nina Lee Johnson, 97, rural Elsmore, died on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. She was born in Old Elsmore Community on June 18, 1921, to Fred and Clara (Miller)…

Juanita Marie Lankton, 80, of Iola, formerly from Le Roy, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, at Yates Center Health and Rehab facility in Yates Center. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Darin L. Harclerode, 44, Iola, for suspicion of criminal damage to property Friday. Kyla M. Wertz, 37, Iola, was arrested by Iola police Thursday for suspicion of criminal trespassing.…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Missouri lawmakers are pushing legislation that could end a long-running economic border war between their state and Kansas that has prompted both states to spend millions of dollars in…

Dear Dr. Roach: After blood analysis revealed elevated PSA levels, a urologist felt a lump on my prostate and arranged a biopsy. Of 12 samples taken, three were cancerous. The doctor recommends removal instead of…