Month: June 2018
A rash of cattle theft reports recently has the Woodson County Sheriffs Department on alert. The department encouraged residents Saturday to speak out if theyve seen any activity that seems suspicious. The department also urged…
Arrests reported Allen County sheriffs deputies arrested Kaleb W. Sellers, 24, LaHarpe, Sunday for suspicion of disorderly conduct. Justin W. Houk, 41, Humboldt, was arrested by deputies Saturday for suspicion of driving while impaired. Iola…
Areas parks get recycled tire grants Two parks in Labette County and the Yates Center Reservoir will get new tables made from recycled tires, The Parsons Sun and The Yates Center News reported. The cities of…
Kansas farmers are harvesting a smaller winter wheat crop amid an ongoing drought, but the size of the crop is offset some by higher-quality wheat and rising prices. The government forecast U.S. winter wheat production…
McALLEN, Texas (AP) Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles…
Thomas G. Ensley, age 91, of Colony, died Friday, June 15, 2018, at Residential Living Center, Garnett. Graveside memorial inurnment will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at Welda Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to…
In an effort to justify a terrible law separating migrant children from their parents and then warehousing them in tent cities Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he was only carrying out Gods word.…
Late last month Republican gubernatorial candidate and former state Sen. Jim Barnett took the unprecedented step of selecting his wife, Rosie Hansen, to be his running mate. In doing so, Barnett rejected the usual bits…
When Drew Mueller graduated from Iola High School in 2009 and headed to Kansas State University in Manhattan, he thought hed left Iola for good. His hometown was dying and would soon be a ghost…
If Allen County keeps on keeping on, its on a trajectory to lose almost one-third of its population over the next 50 years, according to a report released by the Kansas Health Institute. Instead of…
