TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court signaled Monday that it still considers access to abortion a “fundamental” right under the state constitution, as an attorney for the state argued that a decisive statewide vote…

Monday morning, the Kansas Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases testing the limits of abortion rights. It did not appear to go well for the state’s attorney who sought to undermine a woman’s right…

As we near the end of the Kansas Legislative session it strikes me how different our state could be with different legislative leadership.  I don’t like to be partisan, however, it is important to point…

For many years, it was good to be inclusive, by which I mean it was good to appreciate diversity and to acknowledge cultural biases. Now, it could become illegal. Arizona’s Senate passed legislation that would…

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew did not have a successful appearance before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday. He did not assuage skeptical members of Congress that his enormously popular social media…

Driver arrested Iola police officers arrested Rebecca Stewart, 31, for suspected possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, driving without a license, no liability insurance and improper registration during a traffic stop Saturday evening at the…

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese government’s last-minute decision to delay the start of daylight saving time by a month until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan resulted in mass confusion.  With some…

Iola Elementary School fifth-grader Bradley Cooper took first place in the Allen County Spelling Bee on Friday afternoon, Feb. 24, at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. In second place was Thatcher Mueller, an eighth-grader at…

All A’s Eighth grade — Karline Covey, Kamry DeLaTorre, Rylee Ellison, Hadley Galloway, Connor gray, Gavin Gunderman, Kinley Hart, Lakyn Meadows, Thatcher Mueller and Jack Works. Seventh grade — Kolton Hanson, Jordan Hencey, Adalyn Hillmon,…

Iola split its speech and drama students into two teams, one competing at Marmaton Valley High School; the other in Pittsburg. The results were impressive. Iola took home first place at the Pittsburg Invitational, nabbing…