I have been busy out campaigning across District 9 the last month, and I want to say that I have met so many nice people who really care about our Kansas. The one thing I…

America needn’t be first in everything. It was OK to lose the World Cup in soccer. Some competitions, on the other hand, must be won. Being number one in essential things is critical.For a good…

With about two hours of competition remaining Saturday, the call was made to halt the 2010 SEK Swim League Championship meet here in Iola. A thunderstorm was moving in and consistent lightning could be seen…

Luke Collins figures he’s seen at least a thousand calves born in his lifetime.“But I’ve never seen one like this,” he said this morning.A two-headed calf, born to a 3-year-old Red Angus cross, died about…

Iolan Reinhold Blomquest III, 62, was killed Monday morning in a road construction accident in rural Montgomery County.According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Blomquest was working on a road just east of U.S. 169 about…

In a move atypical in today’s political environment, USD 257 board members Monday night voted to cut the property tax levy for the 2010-11 budget to less than last year’s.Dr. Craig Neuenswander proposed a budget…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt City Council members said Monday that cuts are necessary to the city’s 2011 spending plan.The city’s proposed budget was discussed at a special meeting, in which council members also toured the new…

Velma Lorene Ashlock, 96, of Carlyle died Saturday, July 24, 2010, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.She was born Dec. 24, 1913, in Yuma County, Colo., to James A. and Mary Ella (Schroyer) Fuller. When…

Robert Daniel “Bob” Lancaster, 72, of Iola died Saturday, July 24, 2010, at Kansas City Hospice House.He was born June 15, 1938, in St. Paul, to Cyril Robert and Ellen Marie (Kennedy) Lancaster. He moved…

Hurray for Emerson Lynn, jr. His view of global business practice is correct. I wish to add my complimentary view from having been intimately associated with American manufacturing for 38 years with four different companies.…