Month: April 2019

DEAR DR. ROACH: My brother got very thin (112 pounds and he is 6 feet tall) from anxiety. When he gets really worked up, he doesn’t eat. His doctor put him on medication for this,…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Anthony C. Kennan, 24, Iola, for suspicion of aggravated criminal sodomy and domestic battery April 9. Howard L. Hanson Jr., 37, Ottawa, was arrested by the Kansas Highway Patrol…

Jake Riebel gave the Communion Meditation for Easter Sunday services at Colony Christian Church.  Romans 3:23 tells us “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard,” Riebel reported. Jesus is the…

Northern California health workers are scrambling to control a growing measles outbreak centered on a region that is still reeling from the most destructive wildfire in state history. In November, the Camp fire decimated the…

There?s not a little irony that the pace of construction for the Prairie Queen Wind Farm complex in northern Allen County has slowed in recent days because of too much wind. To safely erect the…

A bag of oranges ? though healthy ? put a recent shopper in a quandary.  At $4, the price was too steep. ?But when I told him about the Double Up program,? he not only…

Earlier this week, Iola softball opened up its series versus Osawatomie with a 2-1 eight-inning win.  That extra-inning mojo stayed alive for the Fillies into Thursday night when they used it again to break a…

INDEPENDENCE — The future was on display Thursday night in Independence when finally, after weeks of rain delays, Iola baseball played two series in a week.  Gone was the safety net of their two proven…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Friday for special counsel Robert Mueller’s report as Congress escalates its investigation of President Donald Trump. “It now falls to Congress to…

Iola tennis traveled to Chanute on Thursday and the Mustangs’ lack of numbers and some bad luck left them last out of eight teams.  Senior number one singles player Jon Miller was the source of…