Month: January 2020

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested David R. Amus Jr., 22, Topeka, Sunday for suspicion of interfering with law enforcement, possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia and driving without a license. Allen County sheriff’s deputies arrested…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — In a scene reminiscent of Puerto Rico’s turbulent summer of 2019, a few hundred protesters gathered on the streets of Old San Juan Monday, banging pots and pans, waving signs…

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A small earthquake was reported in southern Kansas on Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck about 2 miles southwest of Hutchinson shortly after 1 p.m. The…

Many farmers are wrapping up a frustrating first year of growing hemp, which was legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill. “It’s kind of a good way to start, in that that’s about as bad as…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas will close its School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures but departments within the school will remain open and students will not be affected, according to a school…

Halfway in-between U.S. 54 and Toronto near the banks of Cedar Creek rests perhaps the oldest cemetery in Woodson County, with its first pioneer-era grave dating back to 1857. Once called Pleasant Grove, it has…

After 15 years of pushing for the expansion of a coal-fired electric plant in Holcomb, Sunflower Electric pulled the plug last week. Wind and solar energy have come into their own, industry leaders admitted, plus…

Forget impeachment and Iran, it’s Taiwan that should have our attention

LAHARPE ? LaHarpe resident Cierra Wynn is tired of renting. It?s difficult to find affordable homes in good shape. So when she learned of Saturday?s LaHarpe Home Fair, Wynn saw an opportunity to find out…

Halfway in-between U.S. 54 and Toronto near the banks of Cedar Creek rests perhaps the oldest cemetery in Woodson County, with its first pioneer-era grave dating back to 1857. Once called Pleasant Grove, it has…