After nearly a week’s worth of weather-related postponements and cancellations, the winter sports season hits high gear starting this afternoon. Iola High’s wrestling squad returns to the mats beginning at 5:30 with a pair of…

MORAN — Amid a season of struggles, one of Marmaton Valley High’s bright spots on the gridiron last fall was the play of senior linebacker and tight end Joey Jefferis. Jefferis, a three-year letter winner…

YATES CENTER — Caleb DeNoon rather enjoyed proving doubters wrong during his senior year. DeNoon entered the 2013 fall season at Yates Center High with a new position — quarterback — for a team riding…

Dear editor, I was reading a story last week about Davos, Switzerland, where about 1,500 billionaires meet every year to plan how they can make more money the next year. They pay $20 million to…

When history tells the story of the rollout of the health insurance Marketplace, one of the oddest vignettes will be about a tailgate party at a University of Miami football game hosted by a group…

President Obama will decide soon whether to give his blessing to construction of the Keystone Pipeline, to carry heavy crude oil extracted from tar sands in Canada. The oil eventually will find its way to…

Art comes in all different forms. A traveling art show, which features works by visually/physically impaired Kansans, will make its debut at the Iola Public Library meeting room on Friday. “Through Different Eyes: Achieving a…

County commissioners will ask Allen County Regional Hospital to develop a plan to deal with snow and ice on its parking lot.  Iola and the county are committed to keeping roads leading to the hospital…

ARKANSAS CITY —Tonight’s Allen Community College basketball games at Cowley have been pushed back because of wintry weather.  The Red Devil women will tip off at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Cowley’s William F. Scott Gymnasium…

Wintry weather has wiped away tonight’s area high school basketball games, the second time in four days all prep hoops action has been halted.Iola was scheduled to host Wellsville tonight, while Humboldt was set to…