Month: April 2019
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A suburban Kansas City teenager who was struck by an out-of-control car as she was walking home from school has died from her injuries. The Kansas City Star reports that…
I. THE SETTING A few years ago, when Cody Haviland was an undergraduate at Kansas Wesleyan University, a professor from Harvard spoke to Haviland?s class about the current state of mental health care in Liberia.…
For all the accolades she?s received ? a singer/songwriter award from Lawrence and increased demand to perform across the state, etc. ? Damaris Kunkler still isn?t comfortable calling herself a genuine singer/songwriter. You could have…
A passion for tackling food insecurity through public policy has earned Iola native Clara Wicoff, a junior at Kansas State University, a 2019 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Wicoff, daughter of Lisa and Joel Wicoff, was…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Reno County authorities say a Roman Catholic priest has been arrested after an investigation into money missing from a church. The sheriff’s office said in a news release that 51-year-old Juan…
The Iola track and field team continued the 2019 season on Thursday when a group of runners, jumpers and throwers traveled to Anderson County and Elysia Kunkler traveled to Wichita to compete in the Pre-State…
NEW YORK (AP) Hembert Figueroa just wanted a taco. So he was surprised to learn the dollar bills in his pocket were no good at Dos Toros Taqueria in Manhattan, one of a small…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A middle school student in Lawrence who allegedly threatened to shoot people at the school is facing a felony charge in juvenile court. The Douglas County district attorneys office says the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Wichita teenager who was hurt when he fell off a skateboard has died. Wichita police said Thursday that a 15-year-old boy died from injuries he suffered Sunday. His name has…
