Folks in the Hutchinson region recently experienced unsettling jolts in a series of earthquakes, the worst of which was a magnitude 4.2. With an epicenter about three miles from Hutchinson, that quake was felt as…

Public service is often a thankless job. Sandra Drake knew that the moment she joined the Allen County appraiser’s office 30 years ago. It’s the nature of the beast, she explained, to decide how much…

Of the questions surrounding the defenestration of John Bolton as President Trump’s third national security adviser — Did he jump? Was he shoved? — the least interesting is the question of who will succeed him…

There’s no evidence John Brown ever used, or had even heard of the cave that bears his name south of Iola. The fiery abolitionist, whose armed insurrections were instrumental in Kansas’ entering the union as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Bolton was in Mongolia. More than 1,200 miles away, President Donald Trump orchestrated an image for the world’s front pages by becoming the first U.S. president to set foot in North…

In the past, Iola High head football coach David Daugharthy had not been heavily involved in his program’s JV team. This year, things are different.  Daugharthy is making an emphasis to invest in the Mustang’s…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals All-Star second baseman/outfielder Whit Merrifield won’t likely grab a microphone and burst into a Bill Belichick-esque monotone chant of “No days off” anytime soon, but he fully expects to find…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson made one thing perfectly clear when he walked out of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s infield medical center. He might be out of the playoffs but his season is not over.…

The Associated Press We’ve come to expect the unusual, the unpredictable, even the unfathomable on the opening weekend of the NFL season. No one can claim we didn’t get all of that to begin the…

Thomas B. Windsor, Jr. of Overland Park, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Tom was born in Hanau, Germany on May 26, 1952. He joined his adopting parents, Col. Thomas Bates Windsor, Sr. and…