Month: February 2019
Joe Giacoma, Jr., 89, Chanute, passed away on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, at Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. Joe was born on June 30, 1929, in Girard, the son of Joe Sr. and Jennie (Cena)…
Iola High Schools Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) chapter shined at a recent District H STAR competition. Sierra Petty qualified for state with her gold medal-winning interpersonal communications project, Cool and Confident.…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas House committee rejected a proposed law that sought to prevent judges from reducing sentences if they believe that victims under the age of 14 were willing participants in sex…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) An advisory committee is recommending that Wichita build a new performance arts center rather than renovate its current center. The 12-member citizens committee made its recommendation to the city council Tuesday,…
MUZAFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) Pakistans military said today it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured a pilot, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in…
BERLIN (AP) Police in southern Germany say a slaughterhouse worker suffered serious injuries after being kicked in the face by a dead cow. In a statement, police said the cow was killed according to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) The United Methodist Church, Americas second-largest Protestant denomination, faces a likely surge in defections and acts of defiance after delegates at a crucial conference voted Tuesday to strengthen the faiths bans…
Its disappointing that Republicans have killed a bill that would allow voter registration on election day in Kansas. On Thursday, the House Elections Committee voted 7-5 to reject the bill. The vote was mostly along…
This weeks summit meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offers an opportunity for the sort of spectacle Trump loves starring himself as the wizardly negotiator who wins huge…
Louis Schlanger opened The Globe Clothing Store at 2 S. Washington in 1901, when Iola was a boom town with a population between 12,000 and 13,000 and both Gas City and LaHarpe were sizable communities…
