Work to rebuild U.S. 54 through Iola is still a ways off.  City Administrator Matt Rehder figures designs won’t be ready for another year, at the earliest. But with the planning beginning to take shape,…

A Kansas House committee is expected to have another hearing Monday on plans for the Lehigh Portland State Park.  Rep. Fred Gardner said the agriculture and natural resources committee is expected to consider the bill…

In a twist she may or may not have seen coming, Kaite Stover is calling off her evening of Tarot card reading Thursday at the Iola Public Library. City officials were notified of the event…

With all the improvements to infrastructure at the Allen County Regional Airport, it seemed a good time to spruce up the office interior, too.  Airport manager Robert Poydack said staff have been working since February…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Otis Taylor, the longtime Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver who along with quarterback Len Dawson formed one of the NFL’s dynamic duos, died Thursday after more than a decade of…

TOPEKA — The Kansas House approved a $17 million sales tax exemption on equipment purchases by telecommunication companies after rejecting amendments to exclude hygiene products from the state’s 6.5% sales tax and to increase an…

DODGE CITY — Humboldt native Brad Witherspoon breathes basketball.  The first-year Dodge City Community College head coach has experienced quite the string of basketball playing and coaching stops throughout his life. Witherspoon grew up and…

PITTSBURG — Iola has produced some great basketball minds including current Pittsburg- St. Mary’s Colgan High School head coach Clint Heffern.  The Iola native just wrapped up his first season as head coach of the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas assistant Norm Roberts was sitting inside T-Mobile Center on Wednesday night, scouting potential Big 12 Tournament quarterfinal opponents, when he learned that Jayhawks coach Bill Self had gone to…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Everything seemed to be going against TCU entering the Big 12 Tournament. The Horned Frogs were coming off a lopsided loss to Oklahoma, they’d drawn a quarterfinal matchup against Kansas…