GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Young people both inside and outside of the United Nations climate talks are telling world leaders to hurry up and get it done, that concrete measures to avoid catastrophic warming can’t…

Carol Ann Radley, 64, Iola, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Carol was born on Oct. 4, 1957, in Wheeling, W. Va., the daughter of Floyd and Charlotte (Thomas) Sousie. On July 13, 1991, Carol married…

IOLA MUNICIPAL  COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows: Jason Glukowsky, Iola, possessing drug paraphernalia, $475, probation ordered. Alec W. Nelson, domestic battery, cirminal damage to property, $655, probation ordered. Destiny S. Powell, Iola, possessing…

Door damaged, items stolen Bobby Lawrence told Iola police officers Wednesday her front door was damaged and items stolen from inside the house in the 400 block of East Lincoln Street.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers accelerated their hiring last month, adding a solid 531,000 jobs, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession is overcoming a virus-induced slowdown. Friday’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin L. Powell, the trailblazing soldier-diplomat who rose from humble beginnings to become the first Black secretary of state, was remembered by family and friends Friday as a principled man of humility…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly grew more forceful Friday in opposing President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, saying it’s “too late” in the coronavirus pandemic to impose them after Kansas and other…

The sun has set on area high school volleyball.  A select group of players has received all-league honors. Sixteen players — at least one from each area high school — received first-team, second-team, or honorable…

CHEROKEE — Marmaton Valley Junior High boys basketball split a pair of games on the road Thursday against Southeast. The Wildcats A team lost 41-14. The B team won 21-16. The A team started slowly,…

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Coming from Mexico, where he has dominated racing, Fausto Gutierrez is at his first Breeders’ Cup with the best horse he’s ever had in his stable. And the trainer is…