Alisha Turner, Healthy Families supervisor for Kansas Children’s Service League in Iola, told Kiwanis Club members Tuesday about her agency’s plans to expand soon from serving Allen, Neosho and Wilson counties to also include Woodson…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A report issued on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years says 26% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to safe drinking water…

Dear Chairwoman Renee Erickson and Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, We have been involved with trails for over 25 years, starting with the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail, which is now a state park.…

TOPEKA — Proponents of designating the old Lehigh quarry and surrounding trails as a state park addressed the Kansas Senate Committee on Commerce Wednesday morning.  Committee members were receptive to the designation of Lehigh Portland…

President Joe Biden is trying to pull a fast one. His approval of the Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope runs contrary to everything he has promised Americans — and the world — about…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas proposal based on the disputed idea that providers leave newborns to die after unsuccessful abortions is nearing legislative approval, as Republicans pursue limited anti-abortion measures following a decisive statewide…

Carly Dreher fits many descriptions. Honor student. Cheerleader. And a gifted public speaker. But at heart, she’s a farm girl. “I don’t know what it is about ag, if it’s the passion and the people,…

Allen County leaders agreed to set aside money every year for major road improvement projects. Road and Bridge Director Mark Griffith laid out his plans for a road improvement fund, similar to the way the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.…

The Iola Public Library will host a meet-and-greet for Paul Griffin, author of books for juvenile and young adult readers, from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in the library meeting room. The event…