Month: October 2019
James Jim Roy Callaway, age 93, of Iola, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, at Windsor Place in Iola. Jim was born Aug. 7, 1926, in Humboldt, the son of Roy and Ola (Kinney)…
A sweet potato project spearheaded by Lincoln Elementary School fourth-graders and instructor Mary Ann Regehr was recognized by the Iola Community Involvement Task Force/PRIDE Committee. Members of CITF PRIDE presented the award to Regehr and…
WASHINGTON Rep. Elijah Cummings, who died Thursday after longtime health complications, threaded a needle that few recent chairmen and chairwomen of high-profile investigative committees have been able to manage: He remained widely popular among…
President Trump has awarded the 2020 G-7 Summit of world leaders to his own private company, scheduling the summit for June at his Trump Doral golf resort outside Miami, the White House announced on Thursday.…
The shape of the Iola City Council is certain to change after Election Day, with at least three new members ? and possibly a fourth ? take office in January. Three of the four incumbent…
Ellen Thompson hosted 14 Unity Club members Monday to hear a review of the book Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Donna Houser described the marvelous story of a 6-year-old girl, left alone in…
MILAN (AP) European producers of premium specialty agricultural products like French wine, Italian Parmesan and Spanish olives are facing a U.S. tariff hike due Friday with a mix of trepidation and indignation at being…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held off Tuesday night from scheduling a vote of the full House on whether to authorize the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. The vote would be little more than…
CHICAGO (AP) Chicago teachers went on strike today, marching on picket lines after failing to reach a contract deal with the nations third-largest school district in a dispute that canceled classes for more than…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) One of four Kansas legislators who made headlines last year by defecting from the Republican Party is running for the U.S. Senate as a pragmatic Democrat, entering a race in which…
