Month: November 2019

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 91-year-old man with swollen legs. I take 20 mg of furosemide and 20 mEq of Klor-Con daily. I understand that the Klor-Con is to replace the potassium loss caused…

Dear Carolyn: I am a white adoptive mother of four beautiful African American children of different skin tones. I also have two white birth children. When we go places, I am inevitably asked if we…

Thanksgiving is older even than the nation. And while early Thanksgivings involving Pilgrims and Indians weren’t the idealized banquets many of us learned about in school, they were days on which Americans made time for…

The Kansas Rural Water Association, a non-profit organization that was incorporated in 1966  and is dedicated to providing the education, technical assistance and leadership necessary to enhance the effectiveness of Kansas’ water and wastewater utilities,…

It is one of the most effective ways to protect our health: herd immunity. By vaccinating the vast majority of people in a population, we can guard against the spread of potentially deadly infections. When…

See also:  Iola City Council considers changing the name of Coon Creek.   The Fillies will be put out to pasture… eventually. The USD 257 Board of Education voted to use one mascot for all district…

On the same night USD 257 school board members agreed to eventually remove the “Fillies” moniker for Iola High School girls sports teams, Iola City Council members were asked to reconsider naming Coon Creek back…

Humboldt astronomer and photographer Mike Myer snapped this gorgeous photo Monday morning of the rising sun, illuminating just a sliver of the waning crescent moon. Any moon within 24 hours of a new moon is…

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Two helicopters collided on a moonless night and killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic State group-linked extremists in Mali, France said today, mourning its highest military death toll in nearly four…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered former White House counsel Donald McGahn to appear before Congress in a setback to President Donald Trump’s effort to keep his top aides from testifying. The outcome…