NEW YORK — Half of American workers are in favor of vaccine requirements at their workplaces. It comes at a time when such mandates are gaining traction now that the government has given full approval…

Amid the anguishing news about the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan came the uplifting story of a 60-year-old Oklahoma woman who organized the escape of 10 members of the Afghan all-girls robotics team. “I just decided…

A speaker at Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting on the topic of a mask mandate for those 2 to 12 years old, said that such public health orders were comparable to the Holocaust. What a…

Allen Community College’s volleyball team bounced back Wednesday from a bitterly disappointing start. The Red Devils came up empty on six consecutive attempts to serve up a first-set victory, before three straight errors led to…

HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman had two hits and an RBI in his first action in more than two months, and he scored the winning run in the 10th inning on a groundout by Jake…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs’ first-team offense will take the field for at least the first half of their preseason finale against the Minnesota Vikings…

TOPEKA — More people are calling a Kansas poison control hotline after self-medicating for COVID-19 with a drug intended to fight parasitic infections in animals. Ivermectin can cause severe health problems in humans, and medical…

TOPEKA — Kansas courts are telling couples who need a marriage license in September to apply for them now. The usual advice courts give to couples is to allow two weeks from the time the…

Dale Lee Easley, age 61, of Colony, passed away Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin, Mo. He was born Dec. 9, 1959, in Iola, to Kenneth Dale Easley and Dixie Ann (Womelsdorf) Ramsey.…

Robert William Barclay, age 90, of Iola, passed away Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at Windsor Place in Iola. He was born March 9, 1931, in San Antonio, Texas, to Roy Barclay and Eddie (Waller) Barclay. …