KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs agreed to a three-year, $31.5 million contract with safety Justin Reid, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press, likely ending Tyrann Mathieu’s time with Kansas…

The home confines were rather unfriendly for Allen Community College’s softball team Tuesday. The Red Devils dropped both games of a doubleheader, 9-1 and 7-0, to visiting Des Moines Area Community College. Allen was limited…

Loren Mitchell, age 84, died Monday, March 14, 2022, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.  He was born May 30, 1937, to Elvyn and Anna (Daniels) Mitchell, in Independence.  He married Marvilla (Zeigler) Mitchell…

Iola city leaders crossed several big-ticket items off their to-do lists Monday, totaling more than $978,000. The first was a bid of $145,000 to PAR Electrical, Inc., out of Kansas City, Mo., to install three…

As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, ticket sales at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center are going back up. Bowlus Director Dan Kays gave the good news update on Monday to USD 257 board members, who also…

A new Iola Elementary School may still be under construction, but it’s already time to start thinking about how to protect it. USD 257 board members approved a series of expenditures for security measures. Allison…

HUMBOLDT — City leaders took official steps Monday night to get the ball rolling on two big projects.  First, they approved a Community Development Block Grant for $700,000 for street improvements. The State of Kansas,…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia stepped up its bombardment of Kyiv on Tuesday, smashing apartments and a subway station, while civilians in 2,000 cars fled Mariupol along a humanitarian corridor in what was believed to…

DANVILLE, Ill. — Allen Community College has some work to do if it wants to stick around in its first-ever trip to the NJCAA-Division II National Basketball Tournament. The Red Devils were greeted rather rudely…

MIAMI (AP) — A leader in the far-right Proud Boys extremist group will remain jailed until his trial on charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential…