Marmaton Valley High standout Tayven Sutton signs a letter of intent Wednesday to play softball next season at Labette Community College. Sutton is seated with her parents Joe and Samantha; back row from left, Marmaton…

Senior Jesse Taylor walked away with some of the biggest prizes of the night when Iola High School and community leaders handed out scholarships and awards during a ceremony on Wednesday evening.  Taylor received several…

Crest’s Ethan Godderz, center right, is surrounded by his parents, left, and Fort Scott track and field coach Philip Redrick. Godderz will run on the Fort Scott Community College’s track team for the 2023-24 season.

Applicants seeking to fill local city council or school board seats have until noon June 1 to file. The primary election is Aug.  1; the general election is Nov.  7. In Iola, Mayor Steve French…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Vinnie Pasquantino homered and drove in three runs, Zack Greinke won for the first time since last August and the Kansas City Royals snapped a 10-game home losing streak by…

Sorry, Philadelphia. The NBA was due for a blowout. It hasn’t had many of them in these playoffs. Boston’s 121-87 win over Philadelphia on Tuesday night was the 50th game of this year’s playoffs —…

Aaron Rodgers was sitting alone in the dark two months ago, pondering his future while many speculated about his next move. Now, the New York Jets quarterback is the toast of his new town, bonding…

In 2009, when Mexico’s middle class continued its steady expansion in the wake of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement), and wealthy neighborhoods bloomed in many cities, it was a popular trope in Washington,…

Every so often an appetite surges for an alternative reserve currency to the dollar — and a market booms in predictions of the greenback’s imminent demise. For nearly three-quarters of a century the dollar has…

CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — A woman identified as the wife of a Texas man suspected of killing five of his neighbors was arrested Wednesday, authorities said, for hindering the four-day manhunt for the man, who…