Darren McGhee gave the Communion Meditation about life after lockdown.  In 2020, Covid-19 had a profound impact on our lives, but were you content with your life even before the lockdown? Did you feel that…

Iola High School’s Winter Homecoming candidates are, from left, Zareona Pulley, Kailey Schinstock, Becca Sprague, McKenna Orear, Jada Cunningham, Danae Cartright; back row, Elijah Smith, Landon Carson, Henrik Sieh, Dillon Bycroft, Natahn Louk and Josh…

The uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic means lawmakers must hurry through their key priorities in case the legislative session is abruptly disrupted. Local legislators — Sen. Caryn Tyson of Parker, Rep. Kent Thompson of LaHarpe…

BEIJING (AP) — It will take at least 15 more days to get through a massive amount of debris and reach miners already trapped for 11 days since an explosion in a gold mine in…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Lawrence City Council has unanimously approved a measure to return a Native American tribe’s prayer rock that was transformed more than 90 years ago into a monument honoring Kansas settlers. …

BALTIMORE (AP) — A single Powerball ticket sold in Maryland is the winner of an estimated $731.1 million jackpot, the fifth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. It has been more than four months since anyone…

Amber Wheeler will be the new superintendent for Humboldt schools. The decision was announced at a special board of education meeting on Monday after a series of extensive interviews. Wheeler is currently principal of the…

At age 22, Amanda Gorman became the youngest person to deliver a poem at a U.S. presidential inauguration, reciting her poem “The Hill We Climb” after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep in the deadliest coronavirus wave and facing worrisome new strains, President Joe Biden will initiate a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, lowering claims to 900,000, still a historically high level that points to further job cuts in a raging pandemic. The Labor Department’s report Thursday…