Month: August 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. Delta said it was working with local authorities to…

The new owners of Iola’s B&B Sterling Six Cinema have known each other a long time. Rob Mayer and Tom Struthers with RT Entertainment Inc., got their start working together at a movie theater in…

Maybe the third time will be the charm. Iola school board members voted to extend an agreement with BNIM, a Kansas City development firm, for a third year. The company hopes to convert three former…

A ribbon cutting Monday at the SEK Multi-County Health Department in Iola served to announce the office is now a breast milk drop-off location.  The Oklahoma Mothers Milk Bank, which manages a network across Oklahoma,…

Former President Donald Trump says he would put Elon Musk in his Cabinet if the world’s richest person had the bandwidth, adding that he thought it was likelier he’d involve the Tesla Inc. and SpaceX…

BURLINGTON — Coffey County commissioners questioned Evergy officials at their meeting last week whether neighboring wind and solar plants were posing undue competition to the Wolf Creek Generating Station, which Evergy has 94% ownership, according…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, 83, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, has contracted the West Nile virus.  Fauci was hospitalized in August with what doctors initially thought was a bacterial infection or tick-borne disease but…

Incidents On Aug. 12, PrairieLand Partners reported someone entered their property at 2701 N. State St. and damaged several pieces of equipment. A lawnmower and garden tractor were stolen. On Aug. 15, a Huffy mountain…

American consumers felt more confident in August as their outlook for the future improved. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 103.3 in August from 101.9…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs as the Kansas City Royals completed a doubleheader sweep of Cleveland, beating the Guardians 9-4 on Monday night to…