Berg Manufacturing laid off 50 production employees yesterday, bringing the workforce at the plant here down to 269. Employment at the company had reached well over 400 before the slowdown in the economy cut demand…

Tuesday’s results Bitty Ball Iola Vision 0 Iola Pharmacy 11 Vision: T. Trester, 1 1b; A. Cooper, 1 1b; G. Skahan, 1 1b.  Pharmacy: M. Franklin, 2 1b, 2 2b; R. Hall, 2 1b, 3…

WASHINGTON — Almost 90% of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the state of the country, and their unhappiness is affecting their political decisions four months before the presidential election, a new study from Pew…

A pair of local Independence Day celebrations are being truncated because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers of Humboldt’s annual Independence Day, traditionally held on July 3, said Friday’s celebration will have fireworks, but none of…

INDEPENDENCE — The A Iola Indians rebounded from their two losses last week against Chanute to win both games against Independence on Tuesday. The Indians’ power at the plate was too much for the Montgomery…

It doesn’t take much to see that the Kansas Department of Labor is a mess, a hot mess, in fact. Its failures with the state’s unemployment system during the current national pandemic with massive unemployment…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In Republican circles — with the exception of the man who leads the party — the debate about masks is over: It’s time to put one on.  As a surge of infections…

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic prompted officials to scrub a public ceremony for the Kansas Army National Guard’s 891st Engineer Battalion, which is leaving Sunday for a yearlong deployment to Kuwait,  Still, local residents will be…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police made their first arrests today under a new national security law imposed a day earlier by China’s central government, as thousands of people defied tear gas and pepper…

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m 69 years old. I take no medications, and I’m in very good health. Fifteen years ago, I had a hip replacement and now it is starting to squeak when I walk.…