Month: January 2020
The Iola Fire Department responded to a blaze at Mid-West Fertilizer early Wednesday morning in what was determined to be a total loss for the company. The department took a call at 2:30 a.m. notifying…
HUMBOLDT Construction has officially started at the new trailhead in Humboldt which will include cabins, a bike barn, along with a camping area for bicyclists. Beth Barlow, who is spearheading the project, said that…
A group of more than 25 hiking and biking enthusiasts gathered at the Lehigh Portland Trails complex south of Iola Wednesday, as part of a growing New Year?s Day tradition to explore the trail system.…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced Tuesday that she, too, would prefer to hear testimony before casting her lot in the upcoming impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Collins joins fellow Republican Sen. Lisa…
SYDNEY (TNS) Thousands of tourists holidaying on the south coast of Australia have been told to evacuate before the weekend when extreme weather is set to intensify deadly wildfires sweeping through the region. The…
BERLIN (AP) Three women are under investigation in Germany for launching paper sky lanterns for the new year which apparently ignited a devastating fire that killed more than 30 animals at a zoo, officials…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas top law enforcement official says boosting spending on services for the mentally ill and treating substance abuse is crucial to reforming the states criminal justice system. Attorney General Derek Schmidt…
One mystery of the Trump -era economy has been why U.S. manufacturing slumped sharply in late 2018 and 2019 after surging the year before. The Occams razor culprit is the onset of trade war, and…
HERINGTON, Kan. (AP) A Kansas police department is apologizing after an officer admitted to making up a story that a McDonalds employee wrote an expletive and the word pig on a coffee cup. Herington…
Federal officials plan to approve a massive solar farm with energy storage in the desert outside Las Vegas, paving the way for a $1-billion project that will provide electricity to Nevada residents served by billionaire…
