A crash last month involving the transportation of Kansas state prison inmates to a work release program in Iola was due to drowsy driving, inmates told police. State officials instead blame winter weather conditions and…

The Humboldt Senior Center officially opened at its new location at 908 Central St., with an official ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday afternoon.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A second suspect arrested Tuesday in connection with the mass shooting that killed six people in Sacramento had posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun hours before gunfire…

Iola plays host to two members of the Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday and Friday. Chief Justice Marla Luckert and Justice Evelyn Wilson will be in town to visit with area students, meet with local…

Mary Jean “Jeannie” Michael, 62, died Thursday, March 31, 2022, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.  She was born Aug. 17, 1959, to Clarence James “Jim” and Mary “Louise” (Grenell) Hedman, in Chanute.…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — With surplus state revenues rolling in each month, the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature is poised to slash taxes again only a decade after a GOP governor launched a tax-cutting experiment that became…

NEW YORK (AP) — Outfielder/first baseman Danny Santana, pitcher Richard Rodríguez and infielder José Rondón were suspended for 80 games each Monday in the first discipline since the major league drug testing program resumed March…

BURLINGTON — India Barney made it 2-for-2 on Monday. As in two track meets, two school records. Just days after setting a new Iola Middle School record in the 75-meter hurdles in Humboldt, Barney etched…

LYNDON — Humboldt High’s track and field team had plenty of highlights to open the season Friday at Lyndon. Best of all, the Cub athletes show room for improvement, head coach Eric Carlson said. “I…

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes…