The regular monthly meeting of the Prairie Rose 4-H Club was called to order by President Sophia Heim at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13. There were 16 members, four cloverbuds, two leaders and two guests…

Tuesday offers one of each. At 1 p.m. Clara Wicoff, Southwind Extension, hosts a program on Everyday Mindfulness.  The term “mindfulness” is everywhere these days. She will explain what it is and how you can…

Back in January, 109 container ships waited off the California coast to unload cargo in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation’s two largest ports. Consumers, stuck at home amid the pandemic, had unleashed an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a case with the potential to fundamentally reshape elections for Congress and the presidency. The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday over the power of state courts…

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Reducing waste while boosting recycling and reuse, known as the ‘circular economy,’ will be vital for halting the loss of nature by meeting growing demand with fewer resources and will make…

ST. MARYS — The Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library’s lease is safe for another year, following community uproar and legal pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas. The Saint Marys City Commission voted to…

Eleanor Edith Riebel, 90, of Iola, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at Neosho Memorial Hospital, Chanute. She was born Jan. 17, 1932, in Piqua, to John Weber and Mary (Burggeman) Weber.  Eleanor and Edward…

BEIJING (AP) — China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to…

Steve Strickler of Iola, a student at Kansas State University in Manhattan, is head of the planning committee for this year’s Little American Royal contest in which K-State students are judged on their ability to…

HUMBOLDT — Crest and Humboldt boys and girls took part in opening games of the Humboldt tournament on Tuesday night.  The Humboldt boys got by Uniontown with ease, 55-22, while the Lady Cubs took down…