40 Years Ago October 1978 Betsy Varner has opened Image Plus, a jewelry store at 1 N. Jefferson. Ed and Betsy Varner moved to Iola from Tulsa about a year ago. Betsy (Dailey) Varner is…

In an editorial welcoming Daniel Kays, the new executive director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, it should have stated that a reception for him will be Saturday at 6:30 p.m., previous to the night’s…

U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley continues to struggle with facts and logic in the debate over health insurance in America and coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions. Hawley, the Republican looking to knock off…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has again delayed until next year the fraud trial of Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren on Wednesday set a new trial date for…

Humboldt volleyball wrapped up their regular season on Tuesday with mixed results. The Lady Cubs hosted Fredonia and Leon-Bluestem and went 1-1, breezing past the Hornets in two-sets before falling in a three-set heartbreaker to…

The Marmaton Valley volleyball team may have fallen short of a 1A Regional Championship on Tuesday but they did enough to advance on to Sub-State on Saturday at Rosalia-Flinthills High School. The third-seeded Wildcats went…

HOUSTON (AP) ? Andrew Benintendi charged in hard and left his feet. Make the catch, Boston wins. If not … no telling. On this night, though, even a ball the Red Sox didn?t grab went…

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Houston Astros didn’t cheat. They didn’t want to get cheated. That’s their story, and Major League Baseball agrees. Following an investigation into two incidents this postseason, MLB said that the defending…

It was nearly one year ago that Kyle Larson strolled into Kansas City, Kan., full of optimism. He sat in third place in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings, a championship within reach.…

On Tuesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., blamed Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for the coun­try’s $1 trillion deficit. In President Trump’s first full fiscal year in of­fice, the U.S. budget deficit has ballooned by $779…