Month: January 2026

PARIS (AP) — Ukraine’s allies met Tuesday in Paris for key talks that could help determine the country’s security after any potential peace deal is reached with Russia. But prospects for progress are uncertain: The Trump…

National rankings and reaching a 500-win milestone are afterthoughts for Allen Community College coach Leslie Crane as her team flounders before opening Jayhawk Conference play Jan. 14 against Kansas City Kansas Community College. Mired in…

Arrests reported Allen County sheriff’s deputies arrested Michelle D. Steinbrook, 59, Friday for a probation revocation warrant related to a charge of possession of methamphetamine. Gavin Z. Cole, 18, Iola, was arrested by deputies Thursday…

Pastor Steve Traw’s sermon Sunday,  “The Return to Gilgal,” came from Joshua 4:19-24. Joshua said, “Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground. For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon Sunday “What is Your Life?” was from James 4:13-17. Every individual that God creates is a masterpiece. Our life is to be a living sacrifice that is poured out daily in…

Robert McWilliams, 66, Iola, died Dec. 22, 2025, at his home Robert Gordon McWilliams was born to Daniel and Brenda (Ball) McWilliams, June 16, 1959 in Trumbull, Ohio. He served in the United States Marine…

Spring Susanne Sutterby, age 69, Iola, passed away Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, at her home. Spring was born in Iola Jan. 7, 1956, to Richard and Wanda (Pope) Lytle. She was a 1974 graduate of…

Raw hemp plants from farms near and far come in by the super sack to Sweetwater Hemp Company in rural Nebraska. The hemp is weighed, placed on pallets and then spends a few weeks in…

MORAN — The Moran post office lobby is closed to the public after a vehicle slammed into the building Saturday. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department reported Larry Drake was driving up to the post office…

GARNETT — Authorities continue to look for answers after an unknown chemical was leaked onto roughly two miles of streets within Garnett on New Year’s Eve. The unknown substance apparently came from a white box…