Month: April 2018

Marmaton Valley softball suffers sweep from Oswego The Lady Wildcats struggled at home on Tuesday versus Oswego. The Wildcats lost 25-7 in game one and 10-5 in game two. Marmaton Valley moved to 6-8 overall.…

Technology is making us all homebodies. For example, homes equipped with big-screen TVs and surround sound are stiff competition to movie theaters. Add a bag of white cheddar popcorn and, for some, it’s as good…

I know you don’t care, or not enough, that seven prisoners were killed and an additional 17 injured during a riot this month at Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina. I know that despite declarations…

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 26, 1937, German and Italian warplanes raided the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War; estimates of the number of people killed vary from the hundreds to…

30 Years Ago April 1988 27 — Iola city commissioners approved Tuesday an ordinance to deal with graffiti and messy yards and decided to improve the extension of Miller Road west of U.S. 169 Highway.…

Evidence is mounting that the $1.5 trillion tax-cut package enacted in December by congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump was a bad idea, not only for the long-run health of the economy but for the…

Iola Public Library Iola Public Library offers a variety of programs for adults in upcoming weeks. The Intrepid Readers book discussion will be at 2 p.m. May 3. The book selection is “The Women in…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A judge has dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against one of five defendants in the decapitation death of a 10-year-old Kansas boy on a water slide. Wyandotte County District Court…

Unity Club had its Anniversary Day Luncheon Monday at the General Frederick Funston Meeting Hall. Anniversary Day committee members are Juanita Tolle, chairman, and Kit McGuffin, Ellie Walburn, Donna Houser and Flo Haynes. Seventeen active…

Members of the Cofachique Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Humboldt Public Library on Saturday. Members Cynthia Geisler, Judy Arbeiter, B. Ellen Smith, Karen Gilpin, Beverly Miller, Nancy Castellucci, Linda Rubow, Deborah…