Month: May 2015

How’d you like a T-bone steak, fries and drink for 45 cents?If time travel were possible, you could duck back to the 1940s and do just that at Hart’s Lunch in downtown Iola.D.L. Hart, Gilbert,…

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to sit down with an energetic, optimistic, and dare I say charismatic young man.My, did that shot of adrenaline feel good. And he’s even in politics — which…

MORAN — At 97, it’s a safe bet Ruth Wood is the sole survivor of the 1936 graduating class of Elsmore High School.After all, there were only a dozen in her class.She fondly remembers walking…

He’s young, energetic, and a veteran with the Kansas Democratic Party.Kerry Gooch, 24, assumed the post of executive director three weeks ago. In that short time he is already making his way across the state…

LA CROSSE — Yates Center’s Remi Wagner finished the season with a ninth place finish at the State Sand Greens Tournament. He shot an 82 overall.“He started a little shaky putting his drive out of…

McPHERSON — There was a sense of deja vu for Iola High’s golf team at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson on Wednesday. Iola took fourth place for…

Freddie Leon Thompson, 72, died Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at Moran Manor following a diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia.He was born March 19, 1943, in Moran, the first of seven children born to Fred and…

By law, Kansas legislators must balance a budget for fiscal year 2016, which begins July 1, before they can adjourn.They are now one week past the scheduled 90-day session, which means Kansas taxpayers are paying…

WICHITA — Track season will end in grand fashion on Friday and Saturday at the Kansas State Track Meet, hosted at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium. The meet will hold all six classes of schools,…

HESSTON — Humboldt High’s Robbie Sellman finished eighth overall and shot a 78 at the Class 3A Golf State Tournament on Tuesday. This was Sellman’s fourth time at the tournament, but the first time he…