Can democracy be snuffed out? You bet it can. Just look at what’s happening in Hong Kong. My last visit there was at the end of 2019, right before the pandemic, during what seems in…

With spring classes just days from starting, Allen Community College is adjusting its COVID-19 protocols. Cynthia Jacobson, vice president for student affairs, told ACC trustees Tuesday the college is shortening the time for isolation or…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Dajuan Harris hit a driving layup with 8 seconds left, and No. 9 Kansas got the better of a wild finish against No. 15 Iowa State to win 62-61 on Tuesday…

WASHINGTON — President Biden, in a fiery speech Tuesday in Atlanta, called for changing Senate rules in order to pass voting rights protections, going further than he has before in an effort to unify Senate…

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are scheduled to meet Thursday in the first negotiations between the parties since labor talks broke off Dec. 1. The planning of the meeting…

Progress on the new Iola Elementary School will depend on COVID-19. School board president Dan Willis gave board members a construction update on Monday night. About 100 workers are on site at the elementary school…

Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19’s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The reason:…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly called Tuesday for another freeze in tuition at Kansas colleges in a State of the State address that portrayed the state as booming economically and previewed what are…

Iola High’s girls kicked off their ninth grade basketball tournament Monday night. The Mustangs lost 30-20 in a hard-fought effort. The girls struggled out of the gate, allowing Labette County to go on a 7-2…

Iola’s boys played host to Parsons to open the Iola ninth grade tournament on Monday. Iola put up a strong effort but fell to the Vikings 58-49. Iola struggled out of the gates as Parsons…