Opinion
As Mary Kay Heard tells it, “I was a nobody,” for much of her life. That’s when you want to shake her by the shoulders and say it’s because of people like her and…
Dear editor, I would think that people would want that former nursing home, a true eyesore, to be converted into apartments. There’s mice and rats in there and vagrants coming and going. Iola should take…
Dear editor, The Iola Planning Commission met Jan. 18 to consider rezoning to allow construction of 51 new apartments at the old Arkhaven site. I attended and spoke but I was unprepared. My apologies to…
Over the past few days a number of brave artists have taken a valiant stand against the lies and misinformation being promoted on Spotify. In particular, Neil Young pulled his music from the Spotify platform…
The latest: State Rep. Suzi Carlson, a Clay Center Republican, was arrested and booked into jail Monday night on suspicion of driving under the influence and failing to stay in a single lane. That makes…
When Donald Trump and his allies set out to alter the results of the 2020 election, they targeted local election officials and legislators all over the country. Very often the people in these critical positions,…
Keil Hileman survived a slow-growing brain tumor that ate his pituitary gland and left the Kansas middle school teacher immunocompromised. A bout with COVID-19 would likely incapacitate or kill him, he says, or even worse…
It’s a man-bites-dog news story. Fort Scott announced Monday that it will once again have a hospital. The welcome news bucks a 20-year trend of shuttering rural hospitals. Since 2005, almost 200 rural communities in…
Dear editor, I am writing in support of rezoning the area on North Walnut to allow the old Arkhaven site to be converted into 51 one- and two-bedroom apartments. I attended the zoning meeting…
Where are the hearings? It’s been eight weeks since Liz Cheney, the top Republican on the House select committee investigating the attack of on the U.S. Capitol of Jan. 6, 2021, promised “multiple weeks of…
