WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a Kansas school district alleging it paid a female principal less than it paid the man she had replaced and less than the…

Sometime this evening we will know who will face off on Election Day in county commission, and congressional, gubernatorial and other state races. Those selected will start, as early as the sun rises Wednesday, using…

U.S. soy processors, exporters and about 300,000 American farmers understandably care deeply about the place soybeans have in our unfolding trade war with China. But the rest of us should care deeply as well, since…

Forty years ago August 1978 Aug. 3 — J. D. “Dave” Conderman, Iola attorney and retired general in the Kansas National Guard, died last night at the Halstead hospital. He had been under treatment there…

Iolans Tim and Jodi Hoffman, 1319 Redbud Ln., were recognized by the Dirt Diggers Garden Club as recipients of the August Yard of the Month award Monday. The Hoffmans received a $25 gift certificate to…

Guest pianist, Glen Cunningham played “Love Lifted Me” on the piano for the morning prelude at the July 29 Carlyle Presbyterian Church service. Elizabeth and Rebecca Cunningham  played  “It Is Well” on violins and were…

PONCA CITY, Okla. (AP) — Officials say a Kansas firefighter, three of his family members and a family friend were killed in the weekend crash of a small aircraft in northern Oklahoma. The Independence Rural…

EAST GREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man’s 7-foot red tail boa constrictor has gone missing. The snake’s name is Vinny and his owner says he disappeared from his East Greenville home about three to…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Demarcus Robinson knows what it’s like to haul in a touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes. A year ago, Mahomes hit Robinson for a 28-yard score in the Chiefs’ fourth preseason game,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A little break in the action did Javier Baez some good. Baez bounced back from a couple of strikeouts with a big home run, Cole Hamels pitched six strong innings…