Going on the premise that politics are a turnoff because our political parties have too many radical or conservative elements, is hurting the country’s democratic process. When mainstream voters decide to be unaffiliated with a…

Helen I. Burkholder, Chanute, no driver’s license, $595 Amber M. Nading, Iola, domestic battery, interfering with law enforcement, $555, probation ordered Dalton R. Peterson, Iola, domestic battery, $315, probation ordered Dalton Skaggs Sr., interfering with…

Iola’s Church of the Nazarene, 1235 N. Walnut St., is hosting a distribution of several household items from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Food items, paper goods, some clothing and other unknowns will be…

David J. Sweany recently retired from the USDA after serving farmers for 34 years. Sweany attended Marmaton Valley High School, Allen Community College and Kansas State University. He worked as a field assistant and county…

They will write about it — the sports commentators and the sports historians — and the fans, or the older ones at least, will talk about it when they talk of summer and baseball. I’ll…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance in what the mayor has called a ‘growing humanitarian crisis’ prompted by thousands of migrants being bused to…

Two people were taken to the hospital following a three-vehicle accident late Friday morning between Iola and Humboldt along Old 169, or 1100 Street. Deputies said the driver of a car was following a minivan…

Try to imagine the horror of your six-year-old son gunned down at school. Think about what you would feel as you sat in a local firehouse and waited for hours to learn of your child’s…

On Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, William Harold “Bill” Ireland went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at the Coffey County Hospital. He was 84 years old. Bill was born Nov. 3, 1937,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added an astonishing 528,000 jobs last month despite flashing warning signs of an economic downturn, easing fears of a recession and handing President Joe Biden some good news heading into…