Flu numbers ‘very high’ in Neosho Co. CHANUTE — Neosho County is experiencing a high number of influenza cases, according to the Chanute Tribune. Neosho County Health Department Immunization Nurse Paula Roberts told the Tribune…

The Sunflower Quilters’ Guild will not have a meeting in December. The opportunity quilt went to B.J. Webber of Bella Vista, Ark.

NEW YORK (AP) — A suspected serial burglar was caught Monday while attempting to poach Christmas presents from actor Robert De Niro’s Manhattan home, police said. Officers had been tracking the real-life Grinch amid a…

David Allen Warren, age 38, of Iola, Kansas, died on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri.  He was born Nov. 6, 1984, in Iola, to adoptive father David M. Warren…

Marjorie Lois Nyquist Marrs, age 98, Topeka, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, at Allen County Hospital. She was born on July 6, 1924, at Fort Collins, Colorado, the daughter of Matthew and Lois…

Melvin Roy Cole Akin was born on Dec. 13, 1969. He passed this life on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, at the age of 53 at Saint Luke’s Hospital. He was born to Melvin Roy Cole…

NEODESHA — Humboldt High ended 2022 with a wallop Friday. The Cubs maintained their unbeaten record with a dominating second half against host Neodesha, outscoring the Bluestreaks 17-3 in the third quarter and 33-10 through…

TOPEKA — Demolition work on the Docking state office building next to the Kansas Capitol could begin in January to prepare the site for construction of a three-story multipurpose building atop the original foundation. Gov.…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Monday that it is ramping up efforts to help house people now sleeping on sidewalks and in tents and cars as a new federal report confirms…

When he was just a tot, Iola High School principal Scott Carson and his brothers would tromp outside their family’s farmhouse near Parsons on a very important Christmas Eve mission — to scatter food for…