PARIS (AP) — In France, when presidents take strolls among the public, they’re described as “taking a crowd bath.” Emmanuel Macron took a very cold one on Wednesday. Braving hecklers who shouted for him to…

Children’s author Frank L. Cole will autograph books and give away signed posters for his Champion’s Quest and Potion Masters series from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Iola Public Library.  The meet and…

Michael J. Dickerson, 43, died Friday, April 14, 2023, at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. He was born to John Lowell and Mary Jo (Kincheloe) Dickerson on Dec. 17, 1979, in Iola.…

ROME (AP) — Hundreds of remnants of ancient Roman life — including colored dice, rain gutter decorations depicting mythological figures, and burial offerings 3,000 years old — have long been hidden from public sight. Until…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Tuesday cleared another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older Americans and people with weak immune systems. The Food and Drug Administration also took steps…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In the wake of a deadly school shooting last month, Republican lawmakers in Tennessee awarded final passage Tuesday to a proposal that would further protect gun and ammunition dealers, manufacturers and…

IDABEL, Okla. (AP) — A county commissioner in far southeast Oklahoma who was apparently caught on tape discussing killing reporters and lynching Black people has resigned from office, Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office confirmed Wednesday. Stitt…

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Fox News agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company’s lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies…

Recently, I spent an hour sorting through newspaper stories from the mid-2000s about the sale of a regional drugstore chain. The week before, I skimmed articles from the 1960s about racial discrimination at a popular…

OSAWATOMIE — Pitching and timely hitting propelled the Iola High baseball team past Osawatomie in a couple of road games Tuesday.  The Mustangs (10-1) got behind the arms of Korbin Cloud in game one and…