Month: October 2019

Lawrence R. (Larry) Bigelow, 79, passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, of cancer in the home of his sister, Karen Fritchey, in Joplin, Mo. Three of his sisters and a niece were by…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and European powers, anxious to end a protracted military conflict in eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday welcomed the new accord between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists but many in Ukraine dismissed it…

DALLAS (AP) — A white former Dallas police officer who shot her black unarmed neighbor to death after, she said, mistaking his apartment for her own was convicted of murder Tuesday in a verdict that…

It took two hours, a plane and six officers to track down a suspected stalker after he fled into an elaborate corn maze in Petaluma, Calif., over the weekend. Police began searching for Ryan Kenneth…

Dear Carolyn: I have a lovely mother-in-law. She is an amazing grandmother and we can rely on her to do what she says she will do. She can also be selfish and overstep boundaries, and…

A year ago, Vince DeGrado sat in the hotel while his Allen Community College cross country team searched for success at the NJCAA Region 6/Jayhawk East Conference Championships.  All season long, DeGrado had been unable…

HUMBOLDT — The Lady Cubs volleyball team split matches Monday night at home. Humboldt earned a win in its match against Yates Center, but was unable to find similar success versus Erie.  The Lady Cubs…

70 Years Ago October 1949 Within the next few weeks the old “Richards house” to which Iolans pointed with pride in 1900, will be torn down to make room for a new Allen County Hospital…

The eighth-grade Iola Ponies volleyball team traveled to Santa Fe Trail for A and B/C-team matches. While the A team was unable to earn a set win, the B bombers fought through a tightly contested…

An advantage to Kansas holding out on Medicaid expansion is that we can learn from others’ mistakes and successes. That’s being overly generous. After five years, Kansas legislators continue to deny more than 130,000 low-income…