Month: October 2019

Wesley United Methodist Church will host this month’s neighborhood cookout at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the church parking lot at 301 E. Madison Ave. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be served. The event is free…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A handful of Kansas counties are being urged to upgrade their voting machines to a voting system that creates a paper record of each vote. The Topeka Capitol-Journal reports the American…

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany say they’ve arrested a 55-year-old man on suspicion of killing his mother by drowning her in a well. Police and prosecutors in Muenster said Tuesday that an autopsy showed…

HUMBOLDT — Vicki Beasley will present the program, “Scrappy Farmer” at the Oct. 28 Sunflower Quilters Guild meeting. The board meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Humboldt United Methodist Church. The guild meeting follows…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Donaldo Morales caught a break when federal prosecutors declined to charge him after he was arrested for using a fake Social Security card so he could work at a Kansas restaurant.…

Dear Carolyn: My girlfriend has a horrible cat. Most of this is her fault because she’s never tried to train him out of attacking people, stealing food and screaming continually in the night because he…

65 Years Ago October 1954 Iola’s newest recreational facility, a 15-acre projected lake near the shale mound in Bassett, is finally on the way to becoming a reality. Water from a Lehigh fire hydrant started…

A core biographical element of Elizabeth Warren’s stump speech — that in the 1970s she lost a job as a public school teacher when her pregnancy became apparent — came in for scrutiny this week…

MORAN — The Moran Ruritan Club will host a pancake supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Moran American Legion Hall. Pancakes, sausage and biscuits and gravy will be served for free-will donations.…

The Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City will be in Iola from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the John Silas Bass Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye St. for its regular blood drive. Appointments…