Enrollment numbers at the state’s institutions of higher learning was released Thursday.  Considering we’re emerging from a global pandemic, the news is reaffirming. Compared to last year, enrollment is down only 1 percent for those…

TOPEKA — Shawnee County District Judge Cheryl Rios agreed Thursday to lower Dana Chandler’s bond and change the venue for a new trial in her 20-year-old double murder case. Last month’s trial ended in a…

Crews from Advanced Systems Homes of Chanute did all the heavy lifting Friday as they installed a new prefabricated home for Mike and Rhoda Schwindt of Iola. Located at 19 Cardinal Drive, the home is…

IHS classes took part in the annual Homecoming parade through downtown Iola, ending at the bandstand on the courthouse lawn for a pep rally. Former Coach Pat Lonergan was inducted into the Don Bain Sports…

Meet the new Kris Kobach.  Is he the same as the old Kris Kobach?  Before Kobach narrowly won the Republican primary for Governor in 2018, an independent group supporting then-Governor Jeff Colyer ran an ad…

MILDRED — In the years since they’ve taken over the Mildred Store, Loren and Regena Lance have continued to do what they could to breathe life into a largely overlooked part of Allen County. Their…

BERLIN (AP) — A cow herd in Germany has gained an unlikely following, after adopting a lone wild boar piglet. Farmer Friedrich Stapel told the dpa news agency that he spotted the piglet among the…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to illegally annex more occupied Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of his seven-month invasion. Ukraine’s president immediately countered with a surprise application to…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly introduced the first piece of a second-term agenda Thursday anchored by proposals to immediately end the state’s tax on grocery purchases, expand by $50 million tax relief to the elderly…

Iola High School senior Eli Adams discovered that sharing a language can bring people together. Adams has been studying Spanish for three years and now serves an internship as an interpreter for three elementary school…