WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 Committee investigating the Capitol insurrection…

When Royal Dutch Shell’s new chairman, Andrew Mackenzie, asked shareholders on Friday for their vote to move the global oil giant’s headquarters from the Netherlands to Britain and drop the “Royal Dutch,” he was also…

On many Christmas trees are decorations passed down through generations. Though many of are now faded or cracked, they still retain their essence and bring forth fond memories.  Maude Burns has such an artifact —…

The Iola school district is mourning the loss of its building trades teacher. Brett Dawson died unexpectedly early Monday morning because of a health issue, Superintendent Stacey Fager told school board members at a meeting…

Dr. Bruce Moses’s career in education had taken him from Northeast Arkansas Community College in Bentonville to Northwestern University, one of the premier academic institutions in the world. But despite that impressive trajectory in his…

HUMBOLDT — Though “I thought we just did this,” was actually five years ago, Mayor Nobby Davis’s sentiment about getting the city pool repainted was widely shared at Monday night’s city council meeting. Members agreed…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High School’s boys basketball team had an up-and-down night on Monday against Mound City’s Jayhawk-Linn Middle School, splitting a pair of games. The A team won 30-21 and the B…

Auctioneer Ralph Smith asked for a higher bid as he sold a pick up truck in the parking lot at the Walton Foundry. “A lot of memories went down the drain Monday,” said Gene Walton,…

It took the Iola City Council all of 10 minutes to wrap up their business for 2021 — and with it, the terms of three Council members and Mayor Jon Wells. Monday’s meeting — the…

When you become a parent, you instantly assume immense responsibility. When you are a parent in a household where a gun is stored, that responsibility meshes with heavy risk. It’s up to parents to mitigate…