Month: January 2019

NIOTAZE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed when a pickup truck rear-ended a farm tractor in southeast Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the victim as 67-year-old Kenneth Sullivan, of Havana. He…

FLAGSSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in northern Arizona had a sweet hot mess on their hands after a tank trucker’s trailer detached from the truck and rolled on its side on slick pavement, spilling a…

Dear Dr. Roach: In a recent column discussing the use of aspirin, you made reference to the results of a study that were neither “statistically significant” nor “clinically meaningful.”  While I am quite familiar with…

WASHINGTON — Andrew Wheeler, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, told a Senate panel Wednesday that he does not believe climate change is the “greatest crisis” and vowed to continue the…

BERLIN (AP) — The world is seeing growing resistance against the abuses of autocrats as states, civic groups and popular movements all push back against populists who are seeking to curtail freedoms, Human Rights Watch…

The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly voted for a resolution of disapproval aimed at Representative Steve King of Iowa. All of his fellow Republicans supported the action — he even voted for it himself, to…

In an act of desperation, a young Saudi woman broke free from what she described as an abusive family by barricading herself in a hotel room until authorities granted her safe passage to a country…

“In the current environment, the American people have to know that there are places in the government where the rule of law, not politics, holds sway,” William P. Barr said on Tuesday. “The Department of…

50 Years Ago January 1969 Cindy’s Flower Shop, owned and operated by Jack Jeffery, has switched locations on the north side of the square and is in the midst of major revamping. The shop, formerly…

There’s still time to cast your vote in a blood battle between law enforcement and fire/EMS teams in the Battle of the Badges blood drive at Allen County Regional Hospital. The Iola Fire Department/Allen County EMS …