TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators reconvene this week and could lower the age for carrying concealed guns and grant legal protections to faith-based adoption agencies that refuse on religious grounds to place children in…

Society is headed for another reboot, Roger Carlin told a group of incoming Iola High School National Honor Society members Wednesday. Carlin, a retired social studies teacher at Iola Middle School, delivered the keynote address…

Jeanine L. Slaughter, daughter of Iolans Jack and Beverly Franklin, has been named ERO Houston’s Support Employee of the Year. Slaughter is a contracting officers’ representative for ERO Houston, a Texas-based firm that oversees construction…

Warren Dale Nettleton, lovingly known to his family as “Papa Warren” passed away on Friday, April 20, 2018, at the age of 92. Warren was born on July 28, 1925, in Victoria, Texas, to Duncken…

PITTSBURG — Thirteen students from Mc-Collam Piano Studio participated Saturday in the Mid-America Music Festival at Pitts-burg State University. Those receiving a “I” rating on piano solos were Piper Weilert, Alexis Lee, Makayla Dunne, William…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is rolling out the welcome mat after “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill tweeted about wanting to visit. Gov. Jeff Colyer suggested Monday in a tweet that Hamill come on May…

Attorney returns from deployment CHANUTE — Neosho County Attorney Linus Thuston, who recently returned from his second deployment to Kuwait, said letters and emails from his hometown helped him through difficult times, The Chanute Tribune…

Arrests reported Allen County sheriff’s deputies arrested Charity D. Davisson, 42, Independence, on a warrant Thursday. Deputies arrested Francisco J. Bermudez, 26, Coffeyville, on a warrant Thursday. Chelsea M. Brantley, 24, Moran, was arrested by…

852-3379 Calendar Today-Court, City Hall Community Room, 6 p.m.; City Council meeting follows at 7 o’clock; Fire Department meeting, Fire Station, 7 p.m.; May 2-Lions Club, United Methodist Church basement, 7 p.m. School calendar Friday-no…

Marmaton Valley High School’s Junior-Senior Prom noted “All That Glitters is Gold” Saturday and early Sunday. Clockwise from upper left, junior Kari Shadden jokes with her fellow prom-goers at Timber Hills Ranch, Mapleton, site for…