The Iola High baseball team put on a show for the home crowd when they took down Independence 12-2 in the Mustangs’ season opener Tuesday afternoon.  The senior Mustangs played a large part. Brandon McKarnin…

The Iola High softball team went down early and could never recover in a season opening 21-6 loss to Independence on Tuesday.  Pitching and defense is what faltered Iola most. Independence was able to take…

NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors postponed a scheduled grand jury session Wednesday in the investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign, at least temporarily slowing a decision on…

Local high school track teams are tuning up for the new spring season.  Iola, Humboldt, Marmaton Valley, Crest and Southern Coffey County will open their respective campaigns in the coming days. Iola  The Mustangs lost…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bus drivers shuttle America’s children to schools where cafeteria workers feed them and teacher aides assist students who need the most help. And their pay is notoriously low. School support staffers…

LONDON (AP) — Martina Navratilova returned to TV work at Tennis Channel for its coverage of the Miami Open on Tuesday, less than three months after saying she had throat cancer and breast cancer. “It’s…

MIAMI (AP) — Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock is going to undergo some timing adjustments before it is turned on for games that count. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred called the changes “significant” but also…

NEW YORK (AP) — The video banner above the entrance to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday read: “Welcome Rick Pitino.” More like welcome back for the new St. John’s coach. Back to The Garden, where…

MIAMI (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s strikeout of Mike Trout, Trea Turner’s go-ahead, eighth-inning grand slam against Venezuela, Japan’s walk-off semifinal win and Mexico’s comeback from a four-run deficit against Puerto Rico will be replayed over…

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, researchers pulled DNA from strands of his hair, searching for clues about the health problems and hearing loss that plagued him. They weren’t…