Demand is sufficient to warrant a second trolley ride Saturday to check out local Christmas light displays around Iola. Organizer Donna Houser said rides will be at 6 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, departing from the…

South Logan FCE met Tuesday for a Christmas party, and to discuss plans for 2019. Nine members  and one guest, Margie Lee,  attended. Bonnie Ladd installed the new officers: President Mary White, Vice President Jeanice…

What could be more fun than pelting your friend in the ribs with a spongy ball during the course of an otherwise normal school day? Doing it for a good cause. Iola Middle School combined…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas has agreed to pay $1.1 million to a man who spent 17 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a robbery that he says was committed by someone…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy’s continued strength but signaled that it expects to slow its rate hikes…

Every year, in late November and early December, I spend quite a bit of time deliberating about what my column will be for the last month of the year. Will it have a Christmas theme?…

The Marmaton Valley Junior High girls’ basketball team wrapped up a 13-0 undefeated season on Monday with a 41-10 blowout win at home over Altoona-Midway.  The Wildcats led 15-4 after the first quarter and extended that…

The Humboldt Middle School boys and girls teams traveled to Fredonia on Monday and walked away with just one win out of five games played.  That win came courtesy of the girls A-Team who beat…

When conservatives decry judicial activism, the target is inevitably a liberal judge whose rulings reach beyond interpreting law to making law. But misguided activist judges aren’t limited to the political left as last week’s federal…

New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood nailed it Tuesday when she explained the significance of President Donald Trump agreeing to dissolve his namesake foundation amid a state probe into allegations that he used the charity…