Month: May 2019
HUTCHNSON, Kan. (AP) A 22-year-old Hutchinson woman is alive despite being hit by a train as she walked home from work. Hutchinson police Lt. Rob Rowe says Anais Saulters suffered deep cuts and a…
LAWRENCE Sixteen area students are among nearly 5,000 candidates for degree from the University of Kansas this spring. Degrees are officially conferred in June. Many candidates will choose to participate in KUs annual Commencement…
WASHINGTON The State Department ordered several hundred U.S. diplomatic personnel to leave Iraq on Wednesday, citing heightened threats from neighboring Iran amid a buildup of U.S. military forces in the volatile region and growing…
In a fateful swipe at telecommunications giant Huawei, the Trump administration issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning its equipment from U.S. networks and said it was subjecting the Chinese company to strict…
Audrey Gardner loved teaching in Iola, her mother, Rosemary Gardner, told a crowd of teachers and staff at Lincoln Elementary School Tuesday. In an emotional address, Rosemary said her daughter invested her heart and time…
After crunching the numbers, Allen County 911 Communications Director Angela Murphy estimates it would cost the county about $167,000 annually to absorb the City of Chanute into its emergency system. Murphy suggested three more employees…
Rube Goldberg was best known for his political cartoons showing gadgets perform simple tasks in exorbitantly complicated ways. Goldberg received many honors in his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for political cartooning in 1948, and…
HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt-USD 258 Board of Education agreed Monday night to award a bid for a new safe room to be built at the sports complex to Protection Shelters, LLC. The Wichita-based company came…
60 Years Ago May 1959 Iolans appreciate good streets and are willing to pay for them; they want stricter enforcement of driving laws; they want their town to grow and attract new industries. These are…
This wasnt supposed to be how it ends. And the look on the Iola players faces walking off the field reflected the sadness, shock and disbelief after Tonganoxie rung up the final out in the…
