MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Taya Sullivan, 20, is a freshman at West Virginia University, double majoring in neuroscience and Spanish. She also has a campus job in a linguistics lab, building on her majors and earning…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I am the mother of an extremely capable 30-plus-year-old man, BUT his eating is terrible and I worry about his health and ultimate longevity. Many of the men…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I need guidance on how to recover from a perceived insult. I have a friend whom I met teaching years ago. We had kids around the same time,…

Clara Wicoff Misenhelter I’m one of those people who wants to put their Christmas decorations up on November 1st because Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year. I was so excited when the…

Don’t let anyone convince you girls basketball is anything but a full-contact sport. Iola High’s Elza Clift and Keira Fawson can attest, all too painfully. Both suffered broken noses in the early going of the…

PAOLA — Cartons of Mexican artifacts, which could be priceless, worthless or somewhere in the middle, sit in storage at a rural museum in Kansas, waiting to be picked up. The museum in Paola began…

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a spectacle enjoyed by millions every year, but for Jenna Morris, a local musician and music educator, it became a dream come true as she recently took part in…

I’ve missed only one Christmas with some sort of family.  Even today I can remember the pangs of loneliness while trying to steel myself with a cavalier attitude. I was 20 and attending school in…

Kansas health care professionals say more education is needed regarding the vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Kansas Health Institute hosted a virtual forum earlier this month to discuss the types of immunizations older…

A Veterans Administration clinic is expected to open this spring at the Family Physicians building at 1408 East St.  The Iola VA clinic will absorb three other clinics — in Chanute, Garnett and Fort Scott…