Two Los Angeles County firefighters who allegedly took souvenir photos of victims’ remains at the scene of Kobe Bryant’s horrific helicopter crash last year are facing termination, a new court filing claims. The firefighters were…

Iola middle and high school orchestra students performed a concert Wednesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The beginning orchestra kicked off the night, followed by small group performances and solos. The middle school…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Collier says that during the seven years he worked as an operating room aide at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, white nurses called him and other Black employees “boy.” Management ignored…

Ohio will give away $1 million prizes to five adults, plus another five full-ride public college scholarships to teens who get vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Wednesday during a statewide televised address.…

Iola’s Community Involvement Task Force/PRIDE Committee received dozens of potato plant vines from Lincoln Elementary School for use in flower pots around the downtown square. The students maintained the plants, transplanted from last year’s floral…

TOPEKA — State Rep. Steven Howe took an unusual incursion into national politics Wednesday by denouncing Donald Trump’s bitter condemnation of Congresswoman Liz Cheney for accusing the former president for inspiring the January assault on…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration revealed plans Wednesday for state agencies to return to normal operations on June 13. State offices have been closed or provided limited public access for more than a year…

Marsha Karr, age 63, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at her home in LaHarpe.  Marsha was born May 31, 1957, to Leslie James and Norma Jean (Wilson) Chapman Sr. in Chanute. Services are at…

Jimmy Wayne Johnson, age 60, of Le Roy, passed away Friday, May 7, 2021, at the University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus, Topeka. Jim was born July 25, 1960, in Iola, to Ira…

LAHARPE — Three Allen County high school students — Iola High’s Jonathan Poffenbarger, Humboldt High’s Thane Meadows and Marmaton Valley High’s Mykayla Ard — have been named recipients of scholarships from LaHarpe High School alumni.…