FRONTENAC — As if facing perhaps the most talented team on their schedule wasn’t enough of a challenge, Iola High’s Mustangs had to travel to Frontenac short-handed Friday. Iola was without the services of starting…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Reported sexual assaults have sparked large protests on college campuses in at least seven states just weeks into the new school year, which advocates say reflects both a greater vulnerability among…

YATES CENTER — Yates Center High’s football team made it 4-for-4 to start the 2021 football season. Four games. Four wins. The Wildcats had little trouble dispatching visiting Oswego, 56-6, to also make it the…

ST. PAUL — Missed scoring chances proved costly Friday to Crest High in a 50-44 loss to St. Paul. The Lancers saw at least three golden opportunities to score come up empty in the contest,…

WASHINGTON — House leaders said Friday they’ll try to pass both major pieces of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda in their chamber next week in a high-stakes test of Democratic Party unity and resolve. But…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Former Kansas state Rep. Michael Capps has pleaded not guilty to 19 counts that allege he tried to defraud federal, state and county government organizations out of more than $450,000 in…

Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Arturo M. Arredondo, Wichita, theft, $405 Ryan M. Dozier, Iola, driving while suspended, $315 Tara L. Sanders, Wichita, theft, $735.78 Diana L. Baker, Iola, failure to yield, $195 Katrina…

Howard Reiter gave the Communion meditation over “Inner Strength,” referencing Ephesians 3:14-21. Many people live as enemies of the cross, with their mind set on earthly things. When adversity and hardship come into our lives,…

The status of an empty nursing home/residential care facility on North Walnut Street is once again on the Iola City Council’s radar. Becky Nilges, who lives a few blocks north of the old Iola Nursing…

Dale Creitz will be inducted into the Kansas Music Educators Association Hall of Fame during a state meeting of the organization in Wichita on Feb. 27. The recognition is the highest honor the KMEA bestows. …