Month: August 2019

BOSTON (AP) — Jorge Soler didn’t have to wait for the question about the Green Monster to be finished before breaking into a wide smile. Soler hit a pair of long two-run homers over the…

CANTON, Ohio — Before generational wealth and international fame came with the deal, Johnny Robinson played pro football for a love of the game predicated in part on the inherent camaraderie. His first contract in…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The man with the most invested in the success or failure of the Kansas City Chiefs stood beside a practice field at Missouri Western State University and lamented 4 miserable…

(AP) — The Washington Redskins will become the first NFL team to have a gambling-focused telecast of their games, offering cash prizes to viewers who correctly predict in-game outcomes during the preseason. The telecasts on…

Allen County Regional Hospital is having a change of leadership in advance of a lease with Saint Luke’s Health System of Kansas City. Tony Thompson, who had served as the hospital’s CEO since late 2015,…

Iola Mayor Jonathan Wells confirmed the city has been in talks with Allen Community College about a possible partnership with the school for a recreational center, however talks are in the preliminary stage. In fact,…

MORAN — Moran is going in a new direction to purchase electricity next year. City Council members voted Monday to send a notice to Westar that the city will not renew its wholesale energy contract…

Iolan Georgia Masterson, left, is one of only a handful of voters to cast ballots this morning in the Iola City Council primary election. The primary vote is open to those living in Iola’s third…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking out against weekend mass shootings that rocked a nation, President Donald Trump called for bipartisan solutions to the bloodshed but offered few details and faced pointed questions from Democrats about whether…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ child welfare agency has drafted guidelines urging foster parents to allow LGBTQ kids in their care to “express themselves as they see themselves,” riling conservatives a little more than a…