Month: November 2021

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The most dynamic offense in the NFL will be on display inside Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. It won’t belong to the Kansas City Chiefs. Oh, the two-time defending AFC champs…

LANSING, Kan. (AP) — A 32-year-old man who escaped the Lansing Correctional Facility for about nine hours has been sentenced to nearly 11 more years in prison.  Dustin Frank Robinson escaped from the prison in…

CARBONDALE — Iola Middle School’s wrestling team competed at the Santa Fe Trail mixer Thursday night. The Mustangs won 25 individual awards. “The boys wrestled hard Thursday,” said IMS wrestling coach Jason Bates. “We are…

Many selective colleges and universities across the United States give an edge to the children of alumni in the admissions process. This practice of legacy admissions — dating back a century to when elite institutions…

Lauren McDermeit of Iola will perform with Kansas State University’s dance program in a Dec. 3-5 production called “Nut/Cracked and Other Delights.” McDermeit is a junior majoring in entrepreneurship and innovation.  The KSU dancers will…

Finally, “Infrastructure Week” is no longer a punchline. As President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion bill into law Monday, he kicked off the biggest spending program in more than a decade to build and…

The regular monthly meeting of the Prairie Rose 4-H Club was called to order by President Mallory Heim Sunday, Nov. 14, at the Moran United Methodist Church.   The Cloverbuds led us in the Pledge…

COLONY — Noah Gordon gave the Communion Meditation at Sunday’s Colony Community Church service, telling the myth of King Midas.  When the Greek god Dionysus granted the king’s wish that everything he touched would turn…

Generations of Americans grew up learning about the history of Thanksgiving through the same lens.  Pilgrims, settling in the New Land and struggling to survive, are saved from the brink of extinction, courtesy of Native…

DETROIT (AP) — Deere & Co. workers approved a new contract Wednesday that will deliver 10% raises immediately and end a monthlong strike for more than 10,000 employees. The United Auto Workers union said 61%…