Iola High brought home some hardware Friday. The Mustangs took home the War on 54 tournament championship courtesy of a 63-44 win over Anderson County in front of a raucous crowd at the IHS gymnasium.…

Relief is the immediate feeling in the wake of the Iowa caucuses by those involved: the frozen press corps, the campaigns trying to crack a hardheaded lot, and we residents who could use a respite…

My daughter Louise and her family were under a boil water advisory in Topeka from Tuesday through Thursday because of a broken pipe at its water treatment plant. “It’s scary how we take clean water…

A recent Gallup survey showed a record-high 43 percent of Americans see themselves as politically  independent. And a record-low identified as Democrat, 27 percent, matching Republican identification at 27 percent.  Kansans are also declaring independence.…

PITTSBURG — Starting next fall, Iola High School students will be able to grow up to 500 heads of lettuce each week, all year long.  It will happen courtesy of a hydroponic growing container offered…

TOPEKA — The state’s highest court on Friday rejected a man convicted of capital murder’s appeal against the death penalty.  One justice said he would consider examining the constitutionality of the death penalty in future…

In an impressive milestone, Burns & McDonnell, a global engineering and construction firm, celebrated the 125th anniversary of its founding and first project with a special luncheon in Iola on Dec. 13. The event brought…

TOPEKA — A Kansas Senate committee conducted a hearing Thursday on a presumptively unconstitutional proposal to transfer to political parties the authority held by the state’s governor to appoint temporary replacements when vacancies occurred in…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s message “Nathanael’s Conversion” was from John 1:43-51. When Nathanael questioned whether Jesus could really be as good as people were saying, Peter simply said come and see. Brant McGhee read from Matt…

During a tour at the National Music Museum, conservator Darryl Martin walked up to one instrument, a small wooden keyboard painted an olive green. Its lid is propped up, revealing its insides, and Martin plucked…