Marmaton Valley Jr./Sr. High School students will spend the rest of the month in remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic, as all area districts reported new cases this week. Marmaton Valley Superintendent Kim Ensminger…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Jazz Provo, Shalkin Jenks and Donell Carter for suspected possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop at the intersection of U.S. 54 and U.S. 169 Saturday…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas can’t help at least half of the struggling small businesses seeking relief because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Monday, calling for additional federal aid as the state reported another…

NEW YORK (AP) — Now at Amazon.com: insulin and inhalers.  The online colossus opened an online pharmacy Tuesday that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to their front door…

Phyllis LeVier (Jack) Warren, 96, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at Greystone Residential Care in Iola.  Phyllis was born March 4, 1924, to Frank R. and Helen G. (LeVier) Jack in Garnett. She married Thomas…

Patricia Ann Morin-Parrish, age 87, of Iola, passed away Nov. 13, 2020, at Moran Manor in Moran. Pat was born Sept. 4, 1933, in Altamont, to Dewey Sailsbury and Katie (Haynes) Sailsbury.  Pat graduated in…

Go away and hide, President Trump, because you botched the handling of COVID-19 except for one teensy thing, starting Operation Warp Speed to develop vaccines faster than history allows. Well, yes, the Pfizer Inc. pharmaceutical…

The big political issues in Kansas and across the country this year were the economy and the coronavirus. The two are intricately linked. And neither is easily controlled. While both are serious issues, it has…

The most recent election brought Sen. Anthony Hensley’s tenure in the Kansas Statehouse to an end. Hensley was the state’s longest-serving legislator and the Kansas Senate’s minority leader. Rick Kloos, founder of nonprofit God’s Storehouse,…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican county commissioner in Kansas resigned Friday after the local district attorney concluded there was sufficient evidence to begin ouster proceedings for his role in plotting to cover up their…