Month: October 2019

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are hopeful that Patrick Mahomes will be able to play next week against Minnesota, especially having practiced on a limited basis just days after dislocating his…

WASHINGTON (AP) — George Springer shook his head at the mere mention of Houston Astros teammate Justin Verlander’s past October trouble, the only pitcher in baseball history to go 0-5 in the World Series. “We…

Ada Kee Ada Marie (Gregg) Kee of Yates Center passed away Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola. She was 87. Ada was born July 15, 1932 in Iola, the daughter of…

USD 257 board members are debating a question raised by a student earlier this year: Should the district really have so many equine mascots? A Mustang is a type of horse, both male and female.…

Nila Ilene Hittle Dickason, 90, of Overland Park, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 at Sheridan Assisted Living, Overland Park. She was born Jan. 11, 1929 in Lake City,…

Helen Louise Alumbaugh, age 77, of Moran, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, at Harry Hynes Hospice in Wichita. She was born Sept. 9, 1942, in LaHarpe, to Archie and Marie (Lantz) Rosebaugh. She married Paul…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach acknowledged that he failed to properly supervise his staff while representing himself in that role during federal court proceedings in a voter registration lawsuit,…

Iola City Council members said Monday they were willing to continue supporting Allen County Regional Hospital, for the next year, in the form of a quarter-cent sales tax. The sales tax, expected to generate around…

While there’s no name on the ballot, voters in the northeast part of Iola will have options when they head to the polls a week from today. Carl Slaugh, retired Iola city administrator, notified the…

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a horticulturalist was slain outside his Kansas office, and a man in a vehicle that was linked to the original homicide scene killed himself hours later in Missouri…