Roger Marshall left little doubt who’s to blame for a number of issues facing the country. Kansas’s junior U.S. Senator was in Iola Monday for a town hall meeting. The Republican rattled off a laundry…

Iola City Council members aren’t yet ready to decide on a request to help an internet service provider pay for what would become a citywide fiber-optic network. The Council was asked Monday by Iola-based KwiKom…

Fresh from rooting on the Kansas City Chiefs to one of their most exciting wins in team history a day earlier, Dan Mears was in Iola Monday to cheer a group of Iola Middle School…

Dec. 2, 1930-Jan. 23, 2022 Joseph Henry (Okie Joe) Elmenhorst, age 91, Moran, passed away Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, at his residence. Joe was born Dec. 2, 1930, in El Reno, Okla., to Anton Elmenhorst…

Leonard Franklin Rahmeier, 85, Le Roy, passed away Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, at Coffey County Hospital.  Leonard was born June 6, 1936, at his family’s home in rural Coffey County, the son of Frank and…

Jesse A. Green Sr., 66, passed away Dec. 29, 2021, at Neosho Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Jesse was born Dec. 10, 1955, in Wichita, to Virgil A. Green and Faye Benjamin Green.  Jesse grew…

Edward J. Danford, 59, Iola, died on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.  Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Iola, with Chaplain Lloyd Houk officiating. Burial will follow…

As the nation’s top infectious disease specialist expressed optimism amid the omicron surge, Kansas doctors continue to warn of challenges hospitals face amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported 14,270…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Middle School’s basketball teams faced off against Eureka on Monday night. The boys A team won 42-39 and the B team won 30-20. The girls A team lost 34-30 and the B…

TOPEKA — Advocates of Kansas House legislation imposing a prohibition on no-knock search warrants by law enforcement officers Monday triggered indignation and rebukes from legislators with professional experience as investigators, attorneys and judges in Kansas.…