WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted to keep the government funded, suspend the federal debt limit and provide disaster and refugee aid, setting up a high-stakes showdown with Republicans who oppose the package despite the…

Iola Middle School’s volleyball teams had lots of wild momentum swings Monday. The Mustang eighth-grade A team fell, 3-2, to visiting Prairie View. “The girls played great during the two sets we won,” IMS head…

The bar for the batting title is unusually low this year — and that’s creating wild races for the honor in both leagues. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the majors in hitting with a .321 average,…

COLUMBUS, Neb. — Conference play started with a painful thud Saturday for Allen Community College’s soccer teams. The Red Devil women saw host Central Community College score in the game’s 87th minute for the only…

UNIONTOWN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s volleyball A team won at Uniontown Monday. The Wildcats prevailed, 25-11 and 25-16. Jacee Mattox, led with 21 points and one kill, followed by Braelyn Sutton with eight points…

GARNETT — Iola Middle School picked up a pair of lopsided victories on the gridiron Thursday. The Mustang seventh-graders dispatched Anderson County, 34-6, before the eighth grade prevailed, 48-18. The seventh-graders were in their first…

Robert Poydack pulls no punches as he looks out upon the 14 hangars and the concrete taxiway and runway that, at 100 feet wide and 5,500 feet long, seems to vanish into the far-off horizon.…

The Docking State Office Building was designed with someone like Don Draper in mind.  Its design is straight out of “Mad Men.” The ventilation system was even conceived with smokers in mind. But it’s current…

The return of the Buster Keaton Celebration to Iola also means the return of a special treat for the Iola community — a rediscovered short film that came back to the screen in Iola in…

The battle over Democrats’ ambitious spending plan is heating up in Congress, but one piece of the outcome is already clear: The $3.5 trillion price tag is being whittled down. That will disappoint progressives, who…