WASHINGTON (AP) — Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court  nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin as a divided Senate charges ahead on President Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg …

WASHINGTON — A coronavirus outbreak among attendees at last week’s presidential debate in Cleveland — and 11 near-misses from people denied entry because of positive test results — is stoking questions about the safety of…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nearly $50 million in funding for COVID testing is still moving through the state’s bidding system more than three weeks after Kansas legislators approved the spending, state officials say.  At the…

Around 6 p.m. Saturday, local law officers engaged in a traffic stop near G&W Foods in Iola. After pulling into the grocery store parking lot, according to witnesses, a drug-related arrest took place. The passenger,…

Nelda Dean, 80, of Erie, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul. She was born Dec. 22, 1939, in Wichita…

The members of Boy Scout troops number 53, 55 and 56 are circulating Crusade for Freedom petitions throughout Iola today and will continue to do so throughout the week. Crusade for Freedom is a nationwide…

Politicians you send to Topeka this November will slice and dice the entire state—into congressional and state legislative districts.  Gerrymandering is when politicians manipulate district boundaries for political gain: maximizing the seats that their side…

We believe our nation’s leader should bring out the best in us. President Donald Trump has not lived up to that task.  Under his leadership, Americans have become so divided it’s to the point there’s…

MOUND CITY — Humboldt High managed a little late-game magic Friday to get back on the winning track. Trailing 20-6 at halftime, the Cubs shut out host Jayhawk-Linn the rest of the way, scored the…

COLONY — With 7:42 left in the first half, Crest High took possession at the Chetopa 30-yard line and proceeded to lose yardage on four of its next five plays from scrimmage. (The only outlier…