Purdue’s Zach Edey and Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis have given the Big Ten Conference a third straight year with multiple first-team Associated Press All-America picks, while Kansas had a second straight first-teamer in Jalen Wilson. The…

PHOENIX (AP) — Mark DeRosa said last week that one of his most important jobs as United States manager during the World Baseball Classic is making sure his players understand the tournament is a competition,…

Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died. He was 76. Fosbury died Sunday after a recurrence with…

TOPEKA — For a second time, members of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved a measure to create Lehigh Portland State Park on Monday afternoon.  The committee revisited the issue after “a…

Iola should have a city flag, local artist Max Grundy says. Grundy, who purchased Iola’s old Elm Street water tower in 2022 with plans to convert it into a one-of-a-kind Airbnb, spoke Monday with City…

Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend is married to another woman. You can’t imagine the scolding I’ve endured from my close friends over this. Some of it is beginning to sink in, and I’m doubting whether he…

Iola is the new owner of a brush truck that officials say will greatly enhance the city’s ability to fight grass and brush fires.  City Council members approved Monday the purchase of a 2017 Skeeter…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition representing the Maine lobster industry is suing an aquarium on the other side of the country for recommending that seafood customers avoid buying a variety of lobster mostly harvested…

Supporters of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center will need to get creative to entice visitors to return to shows. Attendance at the performing arts center has not recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and in fact…

School threat results in area man’s arrest The Allen County Sheriff’s Office investigated an alleged threat against Humboldt Elementary School on Friday. Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy said an investigation led to the arrest of…