Month: June 2018
Billy Ray Hayes was born and raised on a Cherokee reservation in eastern Oklahoma. When he was old enough to join the service, the U.S. government shipped him to Hawaii. At the end of his…
COUNTY COMMISSION The brouhaha over opening a quarry on the south slope of Humboldt Hill evaporated for the time being with David Gants withdrawal of an application for a conditional use permit. Allen…
American Legion Baseball: Indians 5, Muddogs 0; Indians 4, Muddogs 2 Iola Indians head coach Levi Ashmore chuckled while he walked off the field, and said what everyone was thinking. Well, thats more like it.…
Neil Duane Holloway, age 57, of Eufaula, Okla., died Wednesday, May 30, 2018 in Pecos, Texas. He was born July 13, 1960 in Iola, to Neil and Mary Jane (New) Holloway. Funeral services will be…
HONOLULU (AP) Lava from Hawaiis Kilauea volcano destroyed hundreds more homes overnight, overtaking two oceanfront communities where residents were advised to evacuate last week, officials said Tuesday. No injuries were reported as most residents…
The field of Republicans running in Kansas 2nd Congressional District is large, but some party leaders worry, not strong enough to keep the seat from falling into Democratic hands for the first time since 2006.…
Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON We didnt know it at the time, of course. But in Bill Clinton were the seeds of Donald Trump. With 20 years of hindsight, it is clear. To see…
Tennis: French Open PARIS (AP) It was difficult to discern which was less likely: that 12-time major champion Novak Djokovic would falter in his French Open quarterfinal or that Marco Cecchinato, who never won…
CLEVELAND (AP) Stephen Curry and LeBron James spoke their minds last year. They have not changed their minds this year. No matter whose team wins the NBA championship, neither superstar will be at the…
WASHINGTON (TNS) In the head-snapping drama of the off-again, on-again U.S.-North Korea summit, the unpredictable lead actors, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, hold center stage. But off in the wings, China is…
