TOPEKA — Kansas legislators want to use a projected budget surplus to address the state’s “Social Security cliff,” which they say is driving retirees out of the state. Kansas taxes income from Social Security benefits,…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — When army veteran Rich Fierro realized a gunman was spraying bullets inside the club where he had gathered with friends and family, instincts from his military training immediately kicked in.…

She calls the effort “Thankful Thursdays.” The first Thursday brought in $200 for Wesley United Methodist Church’s hot meals program. The second Thursday’s tallies accumulated $300.25 for a splash park at Meadowbrook Park planned by…

The Thanksgiving travel rush was back on this year, as people caught planes in numbers not seen in years, setting aside inflation concerns to reunite with loved ones and enjoy some normalcy after two holiday…

EMPORIA — Iolans Rachel Shaffer and Lexie Vega are involved in the Emporia State University Theatre production “God of Carnage,” which runs Dec. 1-4 at the Ronald Q. Frederickson Black Box Theatre. The dark comedy…

TFI Family Services is looking to make Christmas a bit merrier for children in foster care with a Giving Tree campaign. Through the Giving Tree, donors can select the child for whom they’re buying via…

Michael (Mike) Eugene Hamman, 73, of Yates Center, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, at St. Francis Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Wichita. Mike was born Sept. 4, 1949, in Emporia, the son of Gene…

Dear Carolyn: I just left my 15-year marriage to a controlling and emotionally abusive spouse. The last few of those years, I had no energy, barely any for my two small kids, and definitely not…

Susan “Susie” Dale Melvin Coffman Wilkinson died peacefully at her rural home in Richmond on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, with family at her side after a long battle with cancer. Her brother, Mick, and sister,…

Iola native Royce Smith set a Swedish record for least goals allowed for his IFK Umeå Division IV south league professional soccer team this year.  Smith also took home the Goalkeeper of the Year award…