Advance voting for Allen Countians wishing to make their choices for local city or school board elections starts next week — as long as you’re registered to do so. Those who are not registered to…

Michael Thomas (Tom) Brigham, age 70, passed away Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was born and raised in Kansas. After graduating from Iola High School in 1969, Tom…

Delma P. Nutz, 94, passed away Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola.  Delma was born July 12, 1927, in LaHarpe to Clarence McVey and Pauline (Davis) McVey.  Delma attended LaHarpe High…

LAHARPE — LaHarpe is in the mood for some fall cleaning. LaHarpe PRIDE Committee members and roughly two dozen Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints missionaries will take part in their annual cleanup day…

TOPEKA — A legislative audit revealing many school districts are not practicing basic security measures for information technology systems raised eyebrows Tuesday from a panel of legislators. According to the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, security…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police and prosecutors in southern Poland are investigating graffiti in English and German that appeared on multiple buildings at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, the site of the former Nazi German death camp. …

The steady rise in home prices that defined the housing market in 2021 looks to continue steadily into next year across Kansas, according to a new report forecasting the statewide housing market. The Wichita State…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats’ push for a 10-year, $3.5 trillion package of social and environmental initiatives has reached a turning point, with the president repeatedly conceding that the measure will…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is trying to prevent evictions from public housing for nonpayment of rent, seeking to shore up protections following the end of the nationwide eviction moratorium. Under a new rule…

CARBONDALE — Iola High’s volleyball team had a pair of tough matches on their trip north Tuesday. The Mustangs dropped a 25-22 and 25-21 decision to Wellsville. Iola finished the night with a three-set loss…