Month: March 2019

Dear editor, Don Erbert said it all. And I believe this. It is not the building that you teach in. It is what you teach in the building. Buck Quincy once said that he could…

Keith “Zeke” Shores, 81, Iola, died Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Keith was born March 3, 1938, in Latham, Mo., to Lank L. Shores and Priscella I. (Lyles) Shores. Keith graduated…

Dear editor, This concerns the April 2 Day of Decision voting day. To any and all who feel that we need a new school: Yes, we need to think of our children. Yes, we need…

Donors can give to Wings of Warriors, and smile. The organization, which provides assistance to residents battling cancer, announced that it has been incorporated into the Amazon Smile program. Through Smile, a percentage of proceeds…

 Six members of the Cofachique Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met on Saturday.  Members visited the Allen County Historical Society Museum and the Old (1869) Jail building.

U.S. Sen Jerry Moran should be commended for his vote against President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration at the Southern border. The president’s move — meant to fund his promised wall — confounded lawmakers across the…

Susan Hoffmeier, with the assistance of Sharon Bland, hosted Monday’s social for members of Kappa Alpha. The women provided a delicious Italian meal complete with dessert. Twelve members attended the event, along with Betty Skidmore,…

HUMBOLDT — Cynthia Washburn of Needle in a Haystack out of Severy, will present the program Monday morning for the Sunflower Quilter’s Guild. The board meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Humboldt United Methodist…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri regulators reversed course Wednesday and gave the go-ahead to one of the nation’s largest renewable energy projects — a high-voltage power line delivering wind energy from the Midwest to…

Jack LeGros, a helicopter door gunner during the Vietnam War, was on his way into the Veterans Administration’s Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center on Tuesday afternoon when I asked him what he thought about President Trump’s…