Month: July 2019

ARLINGTON — Preseason polls don’t mean much to Chris Klieman. Never have. Never will. There’s a reason for this. Throughout his head coaching career, he has always known where his team was going to rank…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested John Zahm, 47, Iola, for suspicion of domestic battery, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct Saturday in the 1000 block of North Cottonwood Street. Officers arrested Chelsie Gibson,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is recommending that the agency cut back on inspections at the country’s nuclear reactors, a cost-cutting move promoted by the nuclear power industry but denounced by opponents as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Paul Stevens moved left as the Supreme Court shifted to the right during his nearly 35 years as a justice. That’s how the bow-tie wearing Republican from the Midwest emerged as…

The inspiring victory of our Women’s World Cup soccer team took me back to my days coaching girls’ 13-16 softball in the late 1970s. I coached some tremendous athletes. However, the opportunity to maximize their…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of children’s songs played throughout the night will keep homeless people from sleeping in a city park. West Palm…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Yosef Maaroof wanted one more Russell Westbrook memory in Oklahoma City. When he learned Thursday night the Thunder were planning to send Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul and…

Iola City Council members will discuss the city’s spending plans for 2020 when they gather tonight for a budget workshop. The meeting begins at 6 o’clock in the New Community Building at Iola’s Riverside Park,…

CHICAGO (AP) — Fans of the women’s World Cup championship soccer team delivered petitions to U.S. Soccer Federation headquarters in Chicago that demanded equal pay for the players. Wearing a red women’s team jersey, 12-year-old…

The Kappa Alpha Chapter, Phi Tau Omega Sorority, met at Bolling’s Meatery and Eatery Monday for its monthly social. Connie Rutledge and Carla Hunt hosted 17 members. Following dinner, the group met at Community National…