Month: March 2014
The Republican Party should take a cue from Democrats and make its side of primary elections voter friendly. That would be appropriate since all taxpayers have a financial stake in determining candidates for Election Day.…
PITTSBURG — Nine Allen County Wrestling Club team members brought home top-four finishes at their most recent tournament, thus staying alive for a potential state wrestling berth. Curt Shannon led the way, winning his age…
About 150 farmers and others closely associated with agriculture soaked in better than an hour of a lecture by Dr. Art Barnaby Wednesday morning. Barnaby, a professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University, highlighted…
Music wafts through the halls of Tara Gardens on a bright, sunny afternoon. Richard Pearman, 96, is stationed in his big plush brown recliner and glides his bow across the strings of his trusty fiddle.…
Marjorie M. Riebel, 83, LaHarpe, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at Diversicare of Chanute.Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola. To sign the guestbook online or leave a…
With less than two weeks remaining in the Marketplace’s open enrollment period it is a good time to look at the penalties for not obtaining insurance coverage and what exemptions are available to avoid those…
With less than two weeks remaining in the Marketplace’s open enrollment period it is a good time to look at the penalties for not obtaining insurance coverage and what exemptions are available to avoid those…
A Kansas City man was held at gunpoint and his wife and two children detained while law enforcement officers ransacked their home.When Robert and Adlynn Harte sought an explanation for the SWAT-style raid on their…
State legislators Kent Thompson and Caryn Tyson, along with U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins hope to chew the fat Saturday morning with area constituents.They will be at the meeting room at Community National Bank from 10…
It’s amazing what a little bit of home cooking can do.The Haunt for Hirschsprung group experienced a successful night Friday evening for their chili supper. Theresa Laffery, one of the event’s organizers, said they quadrupled…
