Growing up in Los Angeles, Andy Reid’s sense of the world was formed by many factors: his mother’s career in radiology; his father’s work as an artist and scene designer; a job that led to…

Hi, Carolyn: About eight years ago, when our kids were in elementary school, I became casual friends with five other women, moms “in the same class.” As time went on, the kids’ friendships changed. The…

Adult education programs offered by Kansas’ colleges and school districts are increasingly bringing classes to workers where they already are: at work. Washburn University will soon offer conflict resolution to staffers at the Ramada Hotel…

Last Saturday, the Iola Seahorses capped off their swimming season in Chanute for the SEK League swim meet.  The meet consisted of Iola, Erie, Independence, Humboldt, Cherryvale, Coffeyville, Chanute and Fort Scott. The Seahorses placed…

While payment amounts for the Market Facilitation Program ? a federal assistance program for farmers hurt by the current trade wars ?  were released last week for each county nationwide, it remains to be seen…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 25-year-old Wichita man is charged with first-degree murder in a shooting that killed a McConnell Air Force Base Airman from South Carolina and injured three others. Markeithen McClaine made his…

A Wichita construction company will be tasked with leading three projects for USD 257, including a new elementary school, a new science and technology building at Iola High School and new heating, ventilation and cooling…

It took the 2016 presidential election to stir up Ashley Varner’s political juices. “My friends really got me interested in politics then,” Varner said. “A lot of people were advocating running for local offices and…

A city is best served, Josiah D’Albini contends, when its leaders are fully engaged with the citizens they serve. To that end, the Ward 3 City Council hopeful promises to keep open lines of communication,…

Iola’s Ward 3 voters will winnow a field of four candidates to two in Tuesday’s primary election for City Council. The ward encompasses those living west of Cottonwood and south of Breckenridge streets. Candidates include…