Month: April 2018
Receipts turned in by G&W shoppers to the local school district total $68,011 as of March 31, according to Marcie Boring, business manager of USD 257. The district receives 1 percent of receipts turned in…
Doris Fugate, a volunteer with the Humboldt PRIDE program, and the City of Iola have been recognized this month with Rising Star Awards by Kansas PRIDE. The award goes to individuals, businesses or other organizations…
HOUSTON (AP) In his first public comments since his wifes death, former President George H.W. Bush said Wednesday that he used to tease his spouse of 73 years that he had a complex about…
These Lincoln Elementary School fourth-graders celebrated their reading prowess with a pizza party and genre pictionary game. The fun was a reward for reading eight or more of 12 literary genres, including historical, science, realistic…
MEBANE, N.C. You shall not make for yourself an idol, the Bibles Second Commandment reads. Now a new billboard going up along Interstate 85/I-40 will include the quote, along with a photo of a…
Our youngest recently had us over for a family meal. Because she worked as an early elementary teacher and once a teacher always a teacher she had planned every detail from the menu…
On April 7, the Kansas Senate passed Substitute for House Bill 2228. On its surface, this bill addresses issues from the federal tax plan passed in December. However, it also includes extremely fiscally irresponsible provisions…
The Kansas tax experiment, which played out from 2012 through 2017, deeply damaged Kansas finances. Income tax cuts choked revenue to the general fund and created a multi-year budget crisis. In 2017, lawmakers reversed much…
The Allen County Wings of Warriors cornhole tournament and enchilada fundraiser was a rousing success Saturday. Eight teams competed and 40 dozen enchilada meals were sold. The winning team, top center, was Tony and Andy…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) American sorghum farmers fear they will lose their largest export market if China follows through with a tariff on their crop. China imposed preliminary anti-dumping tariffs of 178.6 percent on U.S.…
