Month: February 2019

PHOENIX (AP) — Cindy McCain has apologized after she claimed she stopped a case of human trafficking at the Phoenix airport when she reported a toddler with a woman of a different ethnicity and “something…

DEAR DR. ROACH: After blood analysis revealed elevated PSA levels, a urologist felt a lump on my prostate and arranged a biopsy. Of 12 samples taken, three were cancerous. The doctor recommends removal instead of…

Dear Carolyn: I’m a college student dating a very nice guy who happens to come from a wealthy family. I really like him, we get along great, we each contribute equally to the relationship and…

It takes a lot of guts to give up a steady income to pursue your dream. And to do so at 62? Well, that takes somebody like Betty Hendricks. Hendricks is retiring Friday after working…

Iola city crews were out en masse before dawn today in an attempt to plow away more than a quarter-inch of ice that shuttered schools across southeast Kansas and made travel miserable for everyone. The…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s election victory suggested that Kansas repudiated past GOP fiscal policies, yet voters also encouraged top Republicans to pursue income tax relief by giving conservatives more power in…

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s federal financial watchdog said Wednesday that it plans to abolish most of its critical consumer protections governing payday lenders. The move is a major win for the payday lending…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans, always deeply divided over how best to deal with their often belligerent northern neighbor, are reacting with both hope and wariness to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that…

Briana Christine Heistand, age 29, of Iola, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo.  She was born Aug. 22, 1989, in Iola, to Danny Ray Heistand and Reta M. (Frame)…

Neosho wind farm project debated ERIE — A 6½-hour meeting of the Neosho County commission featured discussion about an electric generation proposal from the Galesburg mayor regarding the Neosho Ridge Wind project, according to The…