Month: February 2023

On Wednesday, the House K-12 Education Budget Committee passed a massive voucher bill that will gut the state’s public education system if made into law. In advance of the vote the legislators entertained a Georgia…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have hired Shane Steichen as their head coach. The move announced Tuesday ends a search that took more than a month, involved more than a dozen candidates and finally…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The race is on to buy Manchester United and it will take deep pockets to meet an estimated price of $6 billion. No wonder the oil and gas rich state of…

The Iola Public Library’s annual Everything Chocolate Sale, which is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Library, returned after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. It began in 2018. Linda Johnson and Yvonne…

As Americans continue to struggle with high credit card rates, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a rule to help lessen some of their financial burden — in the form of lower late fees.…

It’s time to fight for public education, USD 257 Superintendent Stacey Fager told board members at Monday’s meeting. He asked the board to set aside time at the next meeting at 6 p.m. on Feb.…

DEAR DR ROACH: I am a 67-year-old healthy, active woman. Recently, I was in the hospital for a case of transient global amnesia that was diagnosed as a fluke phenomenon. Nonetheless, in an MRI, it…

Dear Carolyn: My girlfriend loves her dog and takes extremely good care of it. I mean extremely. The dog has a schedule, including breakfast, walks, naps, playtime, dinner and bedtime. She cooks for the dog.…

PHOENIX — Well, there are no illusions now. Patrick Mahomes won it on a bum ankle. He won it coming from behind. He won on another Super Bowl stage where he wasn’t always the better…

PHOENIX — The bleary-eyed morning-after Super Bowl news conference is mostly a photo opportunity as the Vince Lombardi and Pete Rozelle trophies are handed out to the coach of the winning team and the game’s…