Mary Kay Heard’s Friday was a good Friday indeed. Heard, Iola Industries chairwoman, entered the Easter weekend with equal parts relief and elation following Thursday evening’s successful legislative votes to create the Lehigh Portland State…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the possible release of Pentagon documents that were posted on several social media sites and appear to detail U.S. and NATO aid to Ukraine,…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A shooter at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people — including two friends of the governor — and wounded at least nine others Monday, authorities said. The…

Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day for an Easter egg hunt. The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis sponsored an Easter egg hunt on the courthouse square Saturday, drawing throngs of eager…

COLONY — It was quick work when the Crest High baseball team took down Marmaton Valley at home on Thursday afternoon.  A pair of Lancer (4-0) pitchers combined to allow only one run through two…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature signed off on a new state government budget Thursday reallocating unspent federal economic stimulus funding to help communities with infrastructure projects, pump $100 million more into the state’s rainy-day account…

COLONY — The Marmaton Valley High softball team swept a pair of road matchups at Crest Thursday afternoon.  The Wildcats (2-4) earned their first wins of the season at the plate where they combined to…

TOPEKA — The Legislature voted to effectively ban gender-affirming care for Kansans under the age of 18 and revoke the license of physicians who offered such care, comparing gender identity issues to smoking.  The bill…

EUREKA — Good things indeed come in threes. Just ask Humboldt High’s Maddox Johnson, who tripled down on gold medals, winning the shot put, javelin and discus events Thursday at the Eureka Invitational. Johnson’s personal-best…

TOPEKA — The Legislature canned a much-debated voucher program that would allow unregulated private schools to receive state dollars and put federal COVID-19 relief funds toward special education. The measure narrowly passed the House by…