Tag: history
In a state as diverse as California, with all the social, historical and economic issues that arise from our rapidly changing demographics, the idea of offering an ethnic studies course in public high schools is…
Thirty-six years ago August 1983 TOPEKA Rep. Denise Apt of Iola was elected to the Education Commission of the States steering committee at the 17th Annual ECS meeting in Denver. She replaces Kansas Gov.…
As President Trump and Trumps myriad critics remind us on a daily basis, ours is today a profoundly divided nation. Yet understanding the source of those divisions, amply displayed in perceptions of this weeks Democratic…
Thirty-one years ago August 1988 Aldie Ensminger, a Republican candidate for the 10th District State Representative, led in votes 1,407 to 1,115 over John Carder to win the primary election Tuesday. Denise Apt, a candidate…
Thirty years ago August 1989 Picture: Iolan Dale Heard, who is restricted to a self-propelled wheelchair, tried out a wheelchair lift that was installed recently in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center just inside the east…
60 Years Ago July 1959 Harnessing the waters of the Neosho and Cottonwood Rivers will open a new industrial era for Southeastern Kansas, former Congressman Myron George said Saturday at the groundbreaking for the $32,000,000…
Today is Wednesday, July 24, the 205th day of 2019. There are 160 days left in the year. Todays Highlight in History: On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts two of whom had…
An article detailing last weekends annual LaHarpe High School Alumni Banquet omitted the names of attendees Larry and Sharon Chandler Utley, iola, and Sharon McVey Malloy, Wichita. The evenings program, which detailed the history of…
This week marks the first anniversary of the deadliest assault against journalists in U.S. history. On June 28, 2018, a gunman opened fire at the offices of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, killing five…
LAHARPE The annual LaHarpe High School Alumni Celebration started Saturday with eight members joining the LaHarpe Day parade. The former students, ranging from the classes of 1947 to 1966, rode in a pickup during…
