Iola High senior Jarrett Herrmann signed a national letter of intent to play college baseball at Cowley College next year.  Herrmann has excelled at the plate the past three years and was a key part…

The Iola Middle School girls basketball teams faced off against Anderson County on Thursday.  The eighth grade Mustangs took a 21-16 victory over the Bulldogs. Zoie Hesse led Iola with 10  rebounds, followed by Shyla…

Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter on Friday, barely a week after he acquired the company, should serve as an all-but-literal announcement: Whatever assurances he offers to the contrary, he may in fact plan to…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — There was a moment just before halftime Monday night when Kansas forward Jalen Wilson watched an Omaha player bury a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and he looked over at the bench…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Keyontae Johnson scored 13 points in his first real action since collapsing during a game nearly two years ago, and Kansas State opened the season under new coach Jerome Tang with…

So, I’m reading a book about Jackie Robinson — “True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson,” by Kostya Kennedy — and I’m thinking about all the sacrifices he made and all he had to endure…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I have been with my husband since we were 16; we are now 71, and we have been married for 53 years. We were insanely in love, and…

There has already ben two coaching changes halfway through the NFL season with Indianapolis firing Frank Reich this week four weeks after Carolina did the same to Matt Rhule. Based on recent history there likely…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper stepped off the team bus after it pulled up outside Citizens Bank Park and posed with fans for selfies — including a little kid who dressed like the Phillies slugger…

Allen County commissioners lifted a burn ban that has been in place for weeks because of drought conditions.  All of Allen County remains in extreme drought conditions, but some parts of the county received about…