Month: April 2018

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 81-year-old retired nurse. I have had GERD for as long as I can remember. My surgeon measured my hiatal hernia, and he said it was 5 cm. I am…

Dee Ford walked into the media room at the Chiefs practice facility Monday afternoon, in the midst of his first sentence before a question had even been issued. “Today is the perfect day to talk…

Late last week, the Yates Center junior varsity golf team faced some tough winds at Jayhawk-Linn. Two golfers, Jaylan Knight (56) and Wyatt Buchanan (57) placed in the top 20 with a 16th and 17th…

The Marmaton Valley Junior High track team competed at Jayhawk-Linn on Thursday. For the eighth-grade boys, Quincy Adams finished third in the 75-meter hurdles and fifth in the 1600. Dillon Mullinex was the lone placer…

For about nine months, Patrick Ma-homes diligently went about his business as the Chiefs’ backup quarterback, working to improve at his craft while not ruffling any feathers. Teammates praised his gun-slinging mentality and practice performance,…

A recent job fair in Chanute illustrated one of the primary challenges facing employers in these parts. About 300, mostly unemployed, attended, proof that people are interested in improving their lot in life, said Bill…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House scrambled Monday to walk back U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s weekend announcement that new economic sanctions against Russia are imminent, but stressed the penalties are still being considered. Haley created…

Fledgling entrepreneurs have an opportunity to set up shop in downtown Iola on a temporary basis to see if they can get their business ideas to take wing. Bill Maness, economic development director for Thrive…

Record lows in Kansas City this past weekend were Greenland’s fault, according to one University of Kansas professor. Greenland, as in the massive, ice-covered island in the North Atlantic Ocean. “Spring is always pretty variable,…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Forecasters warned of dangerous, life-threatening wildfire conditions in parts of the Southwest and Southern Plains today as firefighters in rural Oklahoma battled blazes that have killed at least two people. Gusty…