Month: April 2019
Members of the Kansas Army National Guard should be commended for their work defending our state and country. But is the leadership of that guard operating at the same level as the guardsmen and women?…
ial flower often seen growing wild in the Rocky Mountains. But since April 20, 1999, the word has been a universally recognized reference to what was then the worst mass shooting at a school in…
Becky Johnson, new director of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments, wants to bring more public awareness to the agency. Along the way, shes learning more about the agency herself. Im surprised at how many…
The Iola Kiwanis Clubs annual Easter Candy Hunt highlights a busy Easter weekend throughout Allen County. The hunt begins at the courthouse square at noon Saturday. Participants are encouraged to arrive on time, because the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) As an election supervisor and poll worker for more than 20 years, Robert Bailey routinely mailed in his ballot early, confident that voting problems elsewhere that he read about would have…
Allen County commissioners signed a proclamation on Tuesday declaring April child abuse awareness and prevention month. Representatives from Hope Unlimiteds Child Advocacy Center and CASAs 31st Judicial District were on hand to remind commissioners of…
A new Kansas law is scaling back the requirements for safety drills in public and private schools. The move comes a year after the Kansas Legislature added crisis drills to prepare students for active shooters…
Maxine R. Severns, age 108, of Hot Springs, Ark., died Saturday, April 13, 2019. She was born Feb. 26, 1911, to John and Rey Reilly Roedel in Allen County. She married Ralford Severns in 1937. …
Evelyn Rose (Neuenswander) Bunnel, age 96, of Colony, died Monday, April 15, 2019. A funeral service will be at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Iola, at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 27. Burial will follow…
A memorial service for Carolyn J. Murphey is planned for Monday, April 22, at 11 a.m. at Bible Fellowship Church, 329 S. 1st, Iola.
