Month: August 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers pulled back on hiring in July, but the job gains were still enough to lower the U.S. unemployment rate a tick to 3.9 percent from 4 percent. Employers added 157,000 jobs…

Major League Baseball: Kansas City Royals CHICAGO — Outfielder Brett Phillips has only played four games in a Royals uniform. Manager Ned Yost prefers to take more time to gather his impressions. But Phillips, the…

Kansas City Chiefs: Column ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The bet is on environment. The bet is on coaching. The bet is on teammates. The bet is on themselves, despite the most recent version of themselves.…

National Football League: Kansas City Chiefs ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — As senior assistant to the head coach for the Chiefs, Porter Ellett might as well be Andy Reid’s shadow. Maybe you’ve seen him nearby during…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Secretary of State says that the now-disbanded voting integrity commission launched by the Trump administration uncovered no evidence to support claims of widespread voter fraud. Democrat Matthew Dunlap on Friday…

Behemoth, the Dinosaur, is greeted by Destiny Bowman and Justice Wells Thursday at Iola Bapist Temple’s Vacation Bible School. The Bible School, themed “Get On The Boat,” continues today from 2 to 4 p.m., with…

Design is everywhere. Product design. Furniture design. Graphic design. Clothing design. If you brushed your teeth this morning, if you drove to work, if you used a smart-phone, if you obeyed a road sign, if…

Betty Ann Holloway, 80, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2018, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, Texas. She was born Aug. 3, 1937, in Allen County, the youngest of three children and grew up…

One of the humbling things about life is how much luck is involved. I remember as a young parent how easy it all seemed. All it took was milk and cookies after school and my…

Humanity House Last week we learned about the “cliff ” and how it can keep people, especially those with children, in poverty. There is a solution to the cliff. It would be a great start…