Dear editor, How old is old enough? An 18-year-old can vote, sign a contract, be tried as an adult in a court of law, serve in the military and risk his/her life for their country,…

Dear editor, In a time of controversy in our country it sometimes gets missed about the good things around us. I used to work in Iola and eat out every day. I would just like…

It’s only a slight exaggeration to say a parent feels a child’s pain as much as they do. For Teresa and Ed Murphey, the anguish of almost losing their son, Charlie, still catches them unawares.…

Larry Wittmer gave the Communion Meditation. He recently went to hear a Jewish speaker that said only half of one percent of 6.5 million ethnic Jews in Israel are Christians. The man was part of…

“The Children’s Blizzard” by Melanie Benjamin is set during the massive upper Plains “Children’s Blizzard” of 1888, which killed 235 people. It got its name from the many schoolchildren who were either trapped in their…

TOPEKA — Republicans and Democrats in the Kansas House banded together in bipartisanship Thursday to approve a medical marijuana bill creating a state-regulated system for growing, processing and distributing the substance for benefit of people…

Allen Community College is one game away from perfection — for the regular season, that is. The Red Devils improved to 8-0 Wednesday, with a 7-0 romp over visiting Hesston. With a single contest remaining…

Coaches aren’t proponents of losing, in any capacity. That said, Saturday’s 5-1 setback at Pratt “was probably needed,” Allen Community College men’s soccer coach Doug Desmarteau said. “When you tell guys they’re doing things wrong,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Josh Naylor homered in the ninth inning, sending the Cleveland Indians to a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. Naylor greeted Wade Davis (0-1) with a…

SEATTLE (AP) — The clubhouse celebration that awaited John Means was more than 50 years in the making for the Baltimore Orioles and more like a playoff berth being clinched rather than a Wednesday win…