Month: December 2023

From left, Donna and Kenyon Kaehr of the Iola Food Pantry stand with Peerless employees Jeff White, Dewey Stotler, Khrista Daum and Angel Kaufman. Peerless Products donated 532 pounds of food to the Iola Community…

TOPEKA — A Kansas businessman faces up to 25 years in prison after conspiring to sell and export aviation-related equipment to Russia, a scheme that allegedly began in 2020 and continued through Russia’s invasion of…

LAHARPE — A lot can happen in 65 years. For Joyce and Harry Lee, who celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary today, the past several decades have brought them seven children, 24 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.…

TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued a nonbinding legal opinion arguing state law required officials engaged in postelection audits to rely on original paper ballots instead of making use of optically scanned images…

Historians will not look back on 2023 as a happy year for humanity. Wars blazed, autocratic regimes swaggered and in many countries strongmen flouted laws and curbed liberty.  This is the grim backdrop to our…

Velma Mae Horde, age 104, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, at YC Health and Rehab, Yates Center. She was born on Feb. 15, 1919, in rural Allen County, to Ben Grieve and Alice…

The gift-giving spirit of the holidays visited three area non-profits, courtesy of the Health Forward Foundation. Thrive Allen County, the City of LaHarpe, and Hope Unlimited each received substantial grants to help enhance their outreach. …

Dannie Darlene Burton, age 84, of Humboldt, died on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at her home. She was born on Nov. 29, 1939, to George Wilson and Dannie J. (Gregg) Wilson in LaHarpe. She married…

Architects outlined a possible design for a Career and Technical Education facility at Allen Community College. The presentation last week gave the board of trustees a look at options for two new buildings, one for…

DENVER (AP) — A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot,…