LONDON (AP) — Months before the Berlin Wall fell on Nov. 9, 1989, with the Soviet stranglehold over the Eastern Bloc crumbling, a young political scientist named Francis Fukuyama made a declaration that quickly became…

The evil lord, Voldy, played by Ashtyn Aikins-Ansley throws down some wicked dance moves with her evil follower, Xavia Jones, played by Elanie Sturgeon.   ?Puffs? tells the story you missed when focusing all of…

An Iola man was taken into custody Monday after a 4-year-old child was found left unattended and locked in a house for several hours earlier in the day. The Allen County Sheriff’s Department reported that…

Marmaton Valley High School?s Drama Department will take a prehistoric turn with ?Tammy: The Coming of Age Story About a Girl Who is Part T-Rex? at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the old MVHS…

On Monday, the sentences of 462 Oklahoma inmates were commuted, allowing them to go free. Gov. Kevin Stitt said these people had paid their dues for what were primarily low-level drug offenses and that they…

SAVONBURG — “One person pullin’ on the rope don’t really do much,” as one resident put it, and so the concerned people of Savonburg are pulling together. Some of the town’s most involved citizens gathered…

Less than a month after Allen County commissioners opted to contribute more to a cost sharing program with the Kansas Department of Transportation, it seems the strategy is already paying off.  On Tuesday, KDOT announced…

Plucky children traveling on the Mississippi experiencing the tapestry of life as it existed then — could this be Huckleberry Finn? No, it’s “This Tender Land” by William Kent Krueger, but Twain’s classic is the…

DES MOINES, Iowa — Before I visited Iowa last week to report on the 2020 campaign, I expected to find an impeachment-free zone, a piece of America’s heartland where voters cared little about the inquiry…

The Iola square is on track to look like a Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree if more people don’t sign up to adopt a tree. “Last year we had 60 or more trees decorated. The downtown…