Month: June 2019
More than 30 Iola High School football players are getting back to the basics this week at a football camp led by head coach David Daugharthy. Weather permitting, the camp will run each night this…
What Allen County Treasurer Crickett Maley thought would be a simple request, turned into a lengthy debate at Tuesdays meeting before county commissioners. Maley came before commissioners to request purchase of five computers from Advantage…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Top Republican legislators on Tuesday accused Democratic Gov. Laura Kellys administration of breaking Kansas law with a new policy that makes it easier for adults who are not working to keep…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) ? The ball hit the top of the outfield fence, then bounced up there … and bounced again. Royals outfielder Whit Merrifield turned toward the infield, believing he?d just seen a…
In the 1990s, the near future looked like a place where distance would no longer matter. In an increasingly online economy, location would matter less than connection. The internet appeared destined to make working from…
60 Years Ago June 1959 The Iola Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 204 N. Washington, the countys oldest business of its type, will celebrate its 50th anniversary this month with an open house and a dinner for…
WASHINGTON (AP) In a rare confrontation, Republican senators are declaring deep opposition to President Donald Trumps threatened tariffs on all goods coming into the U.S. from Mexico. But its unclear they have the votes…
NEW YORK (AP) Half of U.S. adults consider fake news a major problem, and they mostly blame politicians and activists for it, according to a new survey. A majority also believe journalists have the…
Kansas Senate President Susan Wagles decision to remove reporters from the Senate chamber a week ago Wednesday was unconstitutional and unnecessary. She should apologize not to the reporters, necessarily, but to the people of…
How much money is too much for a high school football coach? North Carolinas largest school district has provided something of an answer. Last month, Vance High School coach Aaron Brand cashed in on a…
