Texas and Florida clamped down on bars again Friday in the nation’s biggest retreat yet as a surge across the South and West sent the number of confirmed new coronavirus infections per day in the…

Everyone wants to be the bearer of good news. But these days the pickings are slim if you happen to be a public health officer.  Rebecca Johnson, director of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department,…

Former University of Kansas guard Frank Mason III, now playing for the Wisconsin Herd, is the 2019-20 NBA G League Most Valuable Player. Mason, 26 earned the honor in a vote by the league’s 28…

Good news: Turns out MLB officials weren’t sitting around on their aspirations the last three months after all! It may have seemed as if they were just stonewalling the union, but they were also putting…

To prevent a dangerous new virus from having its way with humankind, you might take a page from the Chinese warrior king Sun Tzu, and think like the enemy. Imagine you are a coronavirus, in…

Joseph Edward “Joe Ed” Diebolt, age 60, of Iola, died at his residence on Saturday, June 13, 2020.  He was born Oct. 21, 1959, to Joseph L. Diebolt and Christina (Ronspiez) Diebolt.  He was preceded…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Many department chairs at the University of Kansas are pushing back against the school’s plan to have classroom instruction in the fall, saying they should have the option to teach…

Vince Carter made his retirement official on Thursday, announcing on his podcast that his 22-year NBA career, the longest in league history, has come to an end. The announcement was largely a formality because the…

Theft Amber Goodner reported that between 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday, someone stole a bicycle from the front yard in the 400 block of South Kentucky Street. Spraypaint damage Michael Dyche reported someone…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: SF Farm Management LLC vs. Donald D. Diebolt, et al, mortgage foreclosure. Five cases. State of Kansas ex rel DCF vs. Jessica L. Chapman MAGISTRATE COURT Judge…