Month: July 2019

Last week 3,100 offenders were released from federal prison as a result of bipartisan criminal justice reform that will reduce prison populations, provide social services and cut federal incarceration costs.  This restructure, years in coming,…

The idea to move two federal research agencies from Washington, D.C., to the Kansas City area is a good one. But the plan being used by U.S. Department of Agriculture leaders to turn the idea…

TOPEKA — Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss announced Friday he’ll retire in mid-December after serving on the state’s highest court since 2002, when Republican Gov. Bill Graves tapped him for the role. That…

TOPEKA —The A Iola Indians’ bats ran out of juice against Larned on Saturday in the semi-finals of the Junior Kansas American Legion Kansas State Tournament.  The Indians’ offense was unable to muster runs at…

HUMBOLDT SPEEDWAY — To say that Kris Jackson, from Lebanon, Missouri, has been hot this season is an understatement. Fourteen wins out of 16 starts attest to just how good Jackson has been this season.…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Tyreek Hill was contrite but repentant in his first comments since he was banished from the Kansas City Chiefs following an audio recording in which his then-fiancee accused him of…

Iolan Clarence A. Garber was arrested for suspicion of drunken driving following a one-vehicle accident south of LaHarpe Sunday afternoon. According to Master Deputy Daren Kellerman of the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, Garber was driving…

Georgia R. Searcy, 99, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, formerly of Parsons, passed away at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Wellbrooke of Crawfordsville. She was born on June 30, 1920 at Iola, to Ralph W.E.…

COLONY — Howard Reiter gave the Communion meditation on “The Struggle” Sunday at Colony Christian Church. Paul was beaten, arrested, run out of town, etc., and yet he remained steadfast in proclaiming God’s word, Reiter…

Descendants of Hugh and Jessie Burnett Murrow gathered for a covered dish dinner at Riverside Park on July 21, a tradition of more than 50 years. Attending were: Carl and Mary Ellen Stanley, Ken and…