Month: August 2019
Iolas Ward 3 voters will winnow a field of four candidates to two in Tuesdays primary election for City Council. The ward encompasses those living west of Cottonwood and south of Breckenridge streets. Candidates include…
At first, it looked like the rematch was on. Sen. Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden, standing at center stage at the Democratic presidential debate in Detroit, were clearly ready to reprise their…
Edith Thohoff Vail, age 90, of Iola, passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at Windsor Place in Iola. Edith was the youngest of three children born to Iver and Edith (Moore) Fowler. She was…
LuCeil Mae Wright, age 86, formerly of Humboldt, passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Shawnee. She was born on Sept. 8, 1932, in Braymen, Okla., the daughter of Fred and Lola (Bechtel) Awalt. …
WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for the first time in a decade to try to counter the impact of President Donald Trumps trade wars, stubbornly low inflation and…
NEW YORK (AP) Woodstock 50 is officially canceled. Organizers announced Wednesday that the troubled festival that hit a series of setbacks in the last four months wont take place next month. The three-day festival…
On Tuesday, Jim Denning, majority leader of the Kansas Senate, lost the second of two lawsuits against columnist Steve Rose and the Kansas City Star, alleging the two had defamed his character. At issue was…
Some two-thirds of the nations farmers cast their votes for Donald Trump in 2016, as did a similar percentage of non-farmers in rural, small-town America. They entrusted him to confront burdensome regulation, lower taxes, and…
In a way, Cal Leonards two-run blast provided the AA Iola Indians with a walk off win against Russell Wednesday night. Just not in the way you might expect. The Indians started the Senior American…
Chinas rulers made it clear Monday that they dont have any new ideas about how to respond to the protests shaking Hong Kong. At a rare news conference in Beijing, officials who deal with Hong…
