On Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at 4:45 a.m., William “Bill” Boyd Croghan went to be with the Lord.  Bill was born Jan. 13, 1936, in Amsterdam, Mo. He was the second of four children born…

The end goal for the Iola Senior Center and thrift store at 223 N. State St. is a building expansion.  That could still be years away. So for now, board members will make the most…

Leslie William Wilhite of Yates Center was born April 15, 1949, in Iola, one of the two children of Robert Frederick and Mardell Glyndon (Randall) Wilhite, and passed away on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, at…

Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills pitched a near-perfect game in their playoff victory against the New England Patriots. The Bills became the first team in NFL history to score touchdowns on their first seven…

Jesse A. Green Sr., 66, passed away Wednesday, 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. He was…

New results from a long-running public opinion survey show that about 1 in 3 Americans is now “alarmed” by global warming. Is it any wonder, given the horrific onslaught of fires, floods, heat waves and…

TOPEKA — The state of Kansas is among two finalists for a massive advanced manufacturing facility capable of creating 4,000 permanent jobs and injecting more than $2.5 billion annually into the economy. The Kansas Department…

TOPEKA — Democrats in the Kansas House are worried about lax health safety protocols, relocated COVID-19 testing, and the confirmed and rumored infections of legislators and staff. Few lawmakers regularly wear a mask at the…

I.NDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. Under the new guidelines, approved by the NCAA Board of…

Researchers on Thursday reported the latest in a surprising string of experiments in the quest to save human lives with organs from genetically modified pigs. This time around, surgeons in Alabama transplanted a pig’s kidneys…