Month: November 2019
The mystery surrounding a handful of city and school board races will not be resolved for a while. A lack of candidates in some races, such as for the Ward 2 Iola City Council seat…
LAWRENCE Sen. Julia Lynn was in no mood to discuss potential conflicts of interest based on intersection of her role as Republican leader of the Senate Commerce Committee and her work for a Lenexa…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) More than 450 inmates walked out the doors of prisons across Oklahoma on Monday as part of what state officials say is the largest single-day mass commutation in U.S. history. The…
50 Years Ago November 1969 Miss Nancy Conner of Iola was named student nurse of the year Friday night in Pittsburg at the opening night of the Kansas Student Nurse Associations three-day convention. She is…
Fifty years ago, an association was formed called the Kansas Association of Rehabilitation Facilities or KARF. It was created by providers throughout the state of Kansas who were concerned about the lives of people with…
DES MOINES, Iowa The Democrats of Iowa flooded noisily into Des Moines on Friday night as part of their unique role in choosing Americas presidential nominees. Most didnt get what they wanted. The 13,000…
MANHATTAN Clara Wicoff, a senior at Kansas State University and a former Iolan, was awarded a Co-Bank Outstanding Student Scholarship through the Arthur Capper Cooperative Center and the Department of Agricultural Economics at KSU.…
MORAN The importance of keeping lines of communication open was the centerpiece of Mondays Moran City Council meeting. The topic was a series of properties facing condemnation. Council members voted, 5-0, to proceed with…
ELSMORE Elsmore Ruritan Club will have its annual pancake supper Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Elsmore Community Building. Club members will serve pancakes, sausage, biscuits, gravy, eggs and a drink for…
Driver falls out of van Larry W. Gruber, 77, had stopped while backing his van out of a garage at 201 McGuire Dr., Oct. 29, when he accidently placed the vehicle in reverse, Iola police…
