Month: May 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Rain swamping the nations midsection forced people from their homes in Kansas, stranded dozens of Texas children at school overnight and strained levees along the surging Mississippi River in Illinois,…
MANHATTAN Iola High Schools FFA chapter brought home several top awards at the Kansas State FFA Career Development Event, which ran Sunday through Tuesday at K-State University. The IHS dairy cattle team, buoyed by…
Let me tell you what is probably not going to make this column go viral: Me writing about infrastructure. But you know what Im about to do? Write about infrastructure. Thats because, even though a…
Barbara A. Nunnery, age 79, of LaHarpe, died Sunday, May 5, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. She was born on June 17, 1939 in Fall River, Mass. Barbara was preceded in death…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A plan for fixing problems in the troubled Kansas prison system that could have created bipartisan harmony has instead inspired finger pointing and prompted complaints that the Republican-controlled Legislature botched pieces…
The chief executive of a fledgling sports management company and a former Adidas employee were convicted Wednesday of bribing coaches to steer players to the firm, the final active case in the long-running federal probe…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lawmakers dropped a plan to increase oversight of Kansas’ troubled child welfare system in the final hours of their annual session, angering advocates. The provision that was eliminated would have created…
If youve been following Iola High School baseball this season, youve seen that this years group has been just as dominant as last years state championship team. The Mustangs have had little trouble beating just…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Derrick Johnson came back to Kansas City for one final huddle break. The linebacker signed a one-day contract and retired as a Chief on Wednesday afternoon at the teams practice facility.…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles toward the sea on Today, South Korean officials said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament…
