The National Weather Service is hosting a storm spotters training session at 6:30 tonight in the Creitz Recital Hall at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The workshop, “Storm Fury On The Plains,” is a multimedia…

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — One of two women accused of killing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother by smearing VX nerve agent on his face was freed after two years of detention…

Louis Jerome “Jerry” Schomaker, age 73, Frankfort, died Thursday, March 7, 2019, at Stormont Vail Hospital, Topeka.  He was born Feb. 6, 1946, in Gas, to Louis Martin Schomaker and Emma Lou (Simmons) Schomaker. He…

Donna Lee Powell, age 71, of Iola, died Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo.  She was born May 11, 1947 in Hammond, Ind., to Donald E. and Doris R.…

Ernest G. “Ernie” Classen, age 90, of Humboldt, died Sunday, March 10, 2019. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Iola. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. Tuesday in…

Service to others was a common theme Saturday at the Founder’s Day celebration of Kappa Alpha chapter of Phi Tau Omega sorority at Iola’s Riverside Park. The local sorority hosted 78 guests from across eastern…

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley High School forensics team picked up several pieces of hardware last week, including the squad’s second consecutive Three Rivers League championship. The league title came Thursday at Altoona-Midway, where Marmaton…

Research and presentations in event planning and career investigations are sending two HHS students to State for FCCLA’s Star Events. Senior Camrie Farran and freshman Kirstyn Murrow qualified Feb. 12 after competing at the Regional…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is reviving his border wall fight, preparing a new budget that will seek $8.6 billion for his signature project, impose steep spending cuts to other domestic programs and set…

Dear Dr. Roach: If a person has been exposed (verified by blood test) to herpes 1 and 2, can that person be a blood donor? Could a person catch herpes by sitting on a toilet…