Month: July 2019

The Iola Amateur Radio Club will host its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at Iola City Hall. Members reported the 2019 Field Day, held near G&W Foods in Iola, was a success. Generators provided…

COLONY — Larry Wittmer gave the communion meditation on “From oceans to deserts” at Sunday’s Colony Christian Church service. Sometimes our faith seems to change, from the mountaintops of life with strong, energized faith, to…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The powerful Mojave Desert earthquakes that rocked California ended a years-long lull in major seismic activity and raised new interest in an early warning system being developed for the West Coast.…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether Congress effectively invalidated former President Barack Obama’s entire signature health care law when it zeroed out the tax imposed on those who…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Monday blocked a major White House initiative on prescription drug costs, saying the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to require drugmakers to disclose their prices in TV ads.…

We’ve had an unusually rainy spring and summer. Our soils have been saturated for several weeks.  You may think that watering won’t be needed for quite some time since soil moisture levels remain high. However,…

A pair of familiar faces will be a part of Thursday’s Allen County Farmers Market activities in downtown Iola. Kathy McEwan, family and consumer sciences agent for the Southwind Extension District, will be on hand…

We take a lot of things for granted. With the advent of antibiotics in the 1930s and 40s, we saw a true change in longevity and a reduction in premature death from infectious diseases. Now…

GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — A Texas man has pleaded guilty in the deaths of a couple who were killed at a Kansas county fair after one suspect ordered the killings as part of a…

Two wins wrapped up regular season play for the A Iola Indians Monday evening at Riverside Park. The Indians bats didn’t pop, but the pitching carried them the distance to wins of 3-1 and 3-2…