LONDON (AP) — It’s not a war, Vladimir Putin said then — and says now. It’s a “special military operation.” In most every sense of the term, though, Russia’s war in Ukraine is precisely that.…

CHANUTE — The Iola High School Unified Sports team hosted the second annual SEK Unified Bowling Duel at C&H Lanes in Chanute on Wednesday night.  Chanute High and Caney Valley High Unified Sports teams had…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss quit on Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party…

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said he’s glad to be back after a long process to clear concussion protocols. “It’s been a process,” he said on Wednesday during his first comments…

Storyteller Priscilla Howe has some advice for young Iola Elementary School students. If you want to tell a story with a jump scare, slow down as you approach the key moment. Speak very… very… carefully…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Davis, a Black woman hired five years ago to help the NHL with diversity initiatives, was not surprised by much of the league’s first workplace demographic study. “We are where…

Dear Carolyn: My husband has a very demanding job. I stay home with our three very young kids and do some work from home as well. We somewhat split chores as far as meals and…

Voters making their choices at the Nov. 8 general election will get a chance to meet a number of the candidates Tuesday in Iola. Allen County Farm Bureau is hosting a candidate forum at 6…

Dear Dr. Roach: I just read your advice on when to get a flu vaccine. I have always received my flu vaccine around October-November, until the past two years, when I got it in August-September.…

Kansas and all of the United States teeter on the edge of a treacherous canyon. If we drop into that vast gulf, climbing out again will take years if not decades. Yet nearly half of…