Dear editor, We encourage you to vote yes on the school bond issue on April 2. We both attended junior and senior high in Iola and were pleased with the education we received. However, we…

Allen Community College sophomore middlefielder Jose Trejo signs his national letter of intent to play soccer at Upper Iowa University, a MIAA school in the Great Lakes Athletic Conference in Fayette, Iowa on Monday. 

The Kansas Legislature is considering a new school finance bill that’s deeply problematic for several reasons, including this: It would establish a private school tuition program for students victimized by bullying. Bullying in schools is…

Mike Trout is on the verge of becoming baseball’s first half-billion dollar man. Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the record for the…

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Dean Wade has likely played his final game in a Kansas State basketball uniform. Shortly after arriving at the Manhattan airport walking with the help of crutches and a medical boot on…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man’s cancer, a jury determined Tuesday in the first phase of a trial that attorneys said could help determine the fate…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a former president of a credit union in Topeka has pleaded guilty to embezzlement. The U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release that 52-year-old Connie Marie Kent of…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former lawyer has admitted stealing from a bankruptcy estate of a couple he once represented. The U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release that 69-year-old Christopher O’Brien of Wichita…

The Humboldt Speedway is hell-bent for hammer-down with the nation’s fastest and nastiest Modified and B-Mod racers converging on the Southern Kansas clay tonight through Saturday, for a colossal two-headed monster of an event. With…

Dear Dr. Roach: I used a local orthopedic surgeon to replace my knee. He said my hip was bone on bone, and treated it with cortisone shots, which did not help. I finally had an…