Month: March 2021

Two U.S. Capitol Police veterans who were on duty during the Jan. 6 riot have sued Donald Trump, accusing the former president of inciting the violent mob that injured scores of officers. The complaint filed…

Bright blue pinwheels are now spinning on the courthouse lawn. On Tuesday, members of Hope Unlimited and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), along with county commissioners and others, placed the shiny markers in order to…

Any adult who wants a COVID-19 vaccine can attend a clinic at Riverside Park next Wednesday. It will be the first clinic open to all adults in Allen County, after the state expanded eligibility guidelines…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans in the GOP-controlled Kansas House formally registered their opposition Tuesday to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan for encouraging counties to keep mask mandates in place as a potentially more infectious…

How a team handles adversity usually indicates how successful it will be on the baseball diamond. Iola High’s Mustangs hammered that point home with authority Tuesday. After being held without a hit through the first…

An eight-run Burlington High rally in the top of the seventh inning sank Iola High’s hopes for victory on the softball diamond Tuesday. The Fillies dropped a pair to Burlington in Iola’s home opener, falling…

PHOENIX (AP) — The helmet-wearing Idaho man photographed dangling by one hand from the Senate’s balcony during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol turned himself in six days later. While buckled in the…

On Monday, Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law shielding the state from COVID-19 related lawsuits. Kansas should follow suit. This global pandemic has upended business as usual because of its scope and depth. It’s…

A new poll of attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations shows Americans are growing more enthusiastic about being vaccinated, with the most positive change in the past month occurring among Black Americans. About 55% of Black adults…

Republicans in the Missouri legislature continue to reject reason, logic, the law, empathy and common sense regarding Medicaid, the federal-state program that provides health insurance for the poor. The latest chapter in this apparently never-ending…