If the president emerges from COVID-19 unscathed, which we hope he does, that is not a referendum on his leadership. He did not “conquer” the coronavirus. Instead, he was lucky to have caught a mild…

Luella Mae (Johnson) Huntley, age 90, passed away at Stormont Vale Hospital in Topeka on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. She was born on Jan. 15, 1930, in Belleville, the daughter of Russell and Lillian (Carlson)…

There’s a term swirling around the countryside these days: “Trump money.” It refers to the growing pile of subsidies hitting farm country during this election year. At a recent campaign rally in Wisconsin, President Donald…

David Merle Tennis, age 53 of Chanute, passed away Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at his home. David was born on June 23, 1967 in Wichita. At the age of seven-weeks old, David was adopted by…

The name Caroline Cooney may be a “blast from the past” for many readers. She made her reputation writing 90 young adult novels, notably “The Face on the Milk Carton.” Now Cooney has turned to…

Daniel Kays, director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, couldn’t help but get a little emotional as he listened to musician Albert Cummings and his band perform in September. The audience tapped along to the…

A look at winners of the Pulitzer Prize in the past two years underscores why America needs journalists. It’s not just nationally recognized media giants pursuing stories around the globe that win journalism’s most prestigious…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph winds today on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then grow to a potentially catastrophic Category 4 on…

Iola High’s junior varsity football team kept the home crowd on the edge of its seats to the bitter end Monday, but could not pull off a comeback victory for its efforts. The Mustangs dropped…

Another 25 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Allen County this past week, bringing the county’s total to 97 since the pandemic began with one death. More than half of those cases — 52 —…