MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic-backed Milwaukee judge won the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday, ensuring liberals will take over majority control of the court for the first time in 15 years with…

The Iola High junior varsity golf team hosted a trio of schools at Allen County Country Club on a windy Tuesday afternoon.  Iola’s Baron Folk, who carded a 50 for second place, had the top…

FORT SCOTT — Fort Scott Middle School was on lockdown briefly late Monday morning because of an incident involving gunfire at a nearby apartment complex. The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Department said law enforcement received a…

LA CYGNE — The Iola High softball team couldn’t get out of its current funk and was dealt a pair of losses at Prairie View Tuesday afternoon.  It was a sluggish day at the plate…

A round of overnight storms that wreaked havoc in Chanute and elsewhere across the region largely skirted Allen County. Much of Chanute was without power into Wednesday morning after the storms brought ferocious winds that…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A large tornado tore through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, causing widespread destruction and killing multiple people as a broad swath of the Midwest and South braced for further storms…

COLONY — Crest High School senior Haylee Beckmon and her classmates watched a gruesome scene unfold on Tuesday afternoon.  The bloodied body of senior Sydney Stephens lay across the hood of a truck, apparently having…

Janet Perkins, seventh-grade student in Iola Junior High School, was the winner of the annual Allen County Spelling Bee. Janet also won last year’s bee, said Ralph Trout, elementary education supervisor, who was in charge.…

CHANUTE — The wind was the biggest factor when the Iola High tennis team competed at Chanute Tuesday.  Ethan Riebel lost each of his matchups in No. 1 singles action, first going down to Fort…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Sunday offered a moving and exemplary profile in courage, one that could help millions of other Americans by defying the stigma on mental illness.In an interview broadcast on CBS’s “Sunday…