In occasional meetings in Topeka ahead of the January session, legislators are reopening debate over requiring body cameras for Kansas law enforcement officers, the Associated Press reported.The Ferguson, Mo., incident, in which an unarmed 18-year-old…

Iola school board members accepted the district’s 2015-16 budget, which calls for a 4.7 mill increase, at their meeting Monday night.The mill levy still is lower than it was two years ago after state lawmakers…

Accord escaped Iola council members Monday night, leading them to schedule a special session at 5:15 p.m. next Monday to attempt to resolve concerns about the city’s 2016 budget.They also failed to reach agreement on…

HUMBOLDT — A crowd of about 200 put their heads together Monday night in the first of two brainstorming sessions sponsored by Thrive Allen County and B&W Trailer Hitches. Every nook and holler in Allen…

The Allen County sheriff’s department has begun to use the social network Facebook as a means to apprehend those wanted on arrest warrants, said Sheriff Bryan Murphy.The department acted on a tip from Tim Beckham,…

LE SUEUR, Minn. — Randy Latta stood outside Iola’s dugout after the Indians had just clinched a spot in the regional tournament on Aug. 1.“There’s one word for this team,” Latta said. “Heart.”After surviving scare…

Dannette Newland, Iola, and Brent Cleaver, Iola, were married on June 20, 2015 at 4 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church in Iola with Pastor Trudy Kenyon, Iola, Pastor Jay Newland, Omaha, and Pastor Hans…

I shuffled up Mulberry Street to my first day of kindergarten at Washington School in 1948. My folks didn’t have a car — fairly common then and if they had I still would have walked…

MORAN — For the past 31 summers, Kenneth McWhirter has known exactly what was needed to get Marmaton Valley Elementary ready for the start of school.He still does, but now McWhirter has a host of…

HUMBOLDT — Kay Lewis is getting better about identifying herself on the phone.“When I call somebody, I’ll occasionally say, ‘It’s Kay Bolt from Humboldt,’  and then I’ll catch myself,” she said with a laugh. “I…