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Talking on a cell phone while driving is permitted in Kansas. Texting isn’t. Legislators have considered a law to outlaw verbal use of a cell phone on roads and highways. So far, the movement has…

Before the Senate voted Friday (22-18) to move along an income tax bill originating in the House and mostly rescind income tax cuts of 2012-13, Sen. Caryn Tyson led an effort for another approach.She favored…

The legal system in America is based on the simple ideas of fulfilling the promises made and obeying the rules. For centuries people were forced to submit to a king that they did not choose…

Carl Brewer is familiar to Wichitans and Kansas Democrats, and his plan is to make himself well-known throughout Kansas before primary election polls open on Aug. 7, 2018.On Monday Brewer announced his candidacy for governor…

Technology has taken root in the backwoods of Kansas.The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism has created a Facebook page. The innovation gives Kansans a better idea of what game wardens, and other employees,…

A couple of weeks ago I wrote what I guess could fit into the latest buzz-word category, “fake news.” The story about a bear meandering along the top of Humboldt Hill was a light piece…

That the Iola square lacks a public restroom was brought up at the Feb. 6 forum on how to improve downtown. Many years ago, our downtown not only had a municipal restroom but it also…

CHICAGO (Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day) — A 2-year-old Chicago toddler was shot and killed in a “gang hit” against a man in the car with her.A few days earlier two little girls, one 11, the…

Beverly Franklin has a good idea.An Iola council member, she proposed Monday evening that Iola once again change its governing body from eight council members and a mayor to a council of five and a…

Several years ago there was a move afoot in Yates Center to build a private prison. The thought was it would be an economic boost for the town, which then and today is known as…