Month: July 2019
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A criminal justice reform group that launched Tuesday has brought together Democratic and Republican governors, a Black Lives Matter organizer and a Koch Industries executive in an unlikely collaboration focusing on…
Three area students received academic scholarships to attend Washburn University for their freshman year of college beginning this fall. Ashlynn Booth, Humboldt, Jasmine Gardner, Moran, and Regan Godderz of Colony, received the scholarships based…
When Peggy McCormick eports for duty as a volunteer at Iola Senior Citizens, Inc.s thrift store at 223 N. State St., the 90-year-old is usually the oldest volunteer there. That is, unless fellow volunteer, Berdean…
The Allen County Friends of 4-H Banquet and Style Revue brought fashion to the fore Tuesday. The fashion show, which followed the Friends of 4-H Banquet at Iola High School. The fair activities shift to…
Its not every day you get to spend $750,000, Allen County Commissioner Jerry Daniels quipped as the commissioners adjourned Tuesday morning. It was $744,353.50, to be exact. Commissioners bit the bullet and finally approved Koehn…
The Weide kitchen is bound to get a little messy today. Three youths, from ages 9 to 18, will cram into the galley kitchen to bake a total of 18 dishes as entries for the…
Ruby Davis, who turns 105 today, believes the secret to long life is simple: Just keep moving. That motto has worked for her for more than a century. Even at a birthday party Saturday, attended…
WASHINGTON (AP) About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administrations proposal to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program. The Agriculture Department said Tuesday that the rule…
Looking to improve their chances of furthering their baseball careers in college, Iola High seniors Calvin Delich and Brady Wiggin have taken their talents to Kansas City for the summer, playing for Precision Baseball. This…
It was exactly one year ago Monday that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes sneaked through the back entrance of a Missouri Western State dormitory, evading a line of TV cameras awaiting his arrival. Albeit briefly, he…
