Month: September 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) Washington plunged into an impeachment crisis today, as House Democrats opened an investigation into President Donald Trumps campaign season dealings with Ukraine. Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraines president to look into Democratic rival…
U.S. new home sales jumped 7.1% in August, as low mortgage rates pull buyers into the housing market. The Commerce Department said today new homes sales increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 713,000,…
On Monday, a letter to the editor stated global warming is a bunch of hooey and that decrying its dangers is like Chicken Little telling us that the sky is falling. The contributor is a…
Kappa Alpha members and guests enjoyed a scavenger hunt Monday as part of rush week to attract new members.
40 Years Ago September 1979 There have been 37 housing starts in and immediately around Iola in the first seven months of 1979, with a total value of $1.7 million. Most of the new homes…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Tropical Storm Karen drenched the U.S. Virgin Islands on Tuesday as it bore down on an earthquake-shaken Puerto Rico still scarred by a hurricane two years ago. Heavy squalls…
NEW YORK (AP) Due to climate change, the worlds oceans are getting warmer, rising higher, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic at an ever-faster pace and melting even more ice and snow, a grim…
Dear editor, The people of Humboldt might rather see their city streets improved than have a swimming pool. In Iola, the water plant, the hospital and the school system might rather have some assistance than…
Dear editor, Its no mystery why Kansas is having trouble keeping people in the medical field. Its because the powers that be in Topeka wont expand Medicaid because they refuse to give the governor a…
The firestorm over President Trumps conversation with the president of Ukraine and a seemingly related complaint by a whistleblower in the intelligence community appears to be shifting some Democrats attitudes toward impeachment. By…
