Month: May 2019

Marmaton Valley High School students traveled to Salina Saturday for the 1A State Forensics Tournament.  Junior Rachel Shaffer placed third in Humorous Solo Acting. Shaffer and Allison Heim placed seventh in Improvised Duet Acting. Heim…

Dear editor, Last Sunday we just had to visit your newest restaurant, which was amazing! We stopped at G&W on our way back to Chanute. Standing in the checkout line we watched the store manager…

Iola High School forensics students returned from state competition this past weekend with numerous honors. The competition took place Saturday at Topeka.   Results: Finalists: Lexie Vega and River Hess, 2nd place in Improvised Duet…

If space is the final frontier, this country is doing a poor job charting a course to the outer limits. This year America celebrates the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong taking the first step by…

Yates Center golf won themselves another gold medal last Thursday when they traveled to Fort Scott to play at Woodland Hills.  Freshman Jack King came in first with a 75 followed by junior Reece Solander…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt hosted its home track meet on Thursday and the Cub boys won the meet and the girls, who were missing some key contributors, took 10th.  Also competing at the meet were Iola’s…

The Kansas Legislature’s unrestrained enthusiasm for cutting corporate taxes resurfaced in the closing days of the 2019 session. Lawmakers passed a bill that would, among other things, lighten the tax load for businesses by about…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May faced renewed pressure today from lawmakers in her Conservative Party to abandon efforts to seek a Brexit compromise deal with the opposition Labour Party. After several weeks…

A new series appearing in The Topeka Capital-Journal and its sister newspapers across Kansas should alarm everyone in the state. What’s more, it should spur us all to action. Crafted by Statehouse reporters Tim Carpenter…

CARBONDALE — Lightning and rain put a halt to a possible Iola softball split Monday night at Santa Fe Trail.  After an extra-inning 6-5 loss in game one, the Fillies found themselves in pretty good…