Like much of Joe Biden’s presidency to date, the $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan he laid out last Wednesday is remarkably ambitious. Rightly so. America’s economic future is at stake. The country needs a bold new…

TOPEKA — A new Senate plan would redirect a portion of federal COVID-19 aid from the state and counties to small businesses impacted by public health orders during the pandemic. The bipartisan compromise between Sen.…

TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran stands behind a quest by the Kansas Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly to build the state’s first nursing home for Kansas military veterans east of Topeka. Kansas has soldier…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Labor is seeking bidders for a potential $46 million information technology overhaul of the agency’s unemployment computer system that was exposed as sluggishly anti-consumer and shockingly fraud-friendly during the…

Thora May Shinn, age 94, former resident of Iola, and more recently of Uniontown, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. She was born March 5, 1927, at her grandparents’…

Marcella Kay Smoot, 68, unexpectedly passed away on Saturday, April 3, 2021. She was born to Ira and Minnie (Gerdsen) Smoot on May 3, 1952, in Iola. Marcella devoted her life to raising her daughter,…

Rodney J. Mueller, 73, of Humboldt, passed away on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at his home. Rodney was born on March 23, 1948, in Iola, the son of Ernest and Margaret (King) Mueller. After graduating…

Iola High’s junior varsity squad was in action Monday, dropping 7-0 and 12-5 decisions to visiting Prairie View. In the opener, Maci Miller took the loss, despite striking out seven batters over five innings. She…

Iola High’s tennis team got back into the swing of things, with the Mustangs hitting the courts Thursday in Pittsburg and Friday at Independence. Perhaps most notably is the team’s improvement despite limited practice time,…

LYNDON — Humboldt High’s Jada Dangerfield reintroduction to track and field was a humdinger.  Dangerfield, who hadn’t participated in track and field since middle school, opened the 2021 season Thursday by winning the girls shot…