In a ceremonial start to the new year, Iola City Clerk Roxanne Hutton administered the oath of office to four council members during Monday evening’s city council meeting. The newly sworn-in members include Jon Wells…

A winter storm has forced some shuffling in the local sports scene this week. Several basketball games have been postponed due the snow and ice, including Tuesday’s  showdown between Crest High School and Marmaton Valley.…

HUMBOLDT —Think of it as a cherry on top. Humboldt Council members agreed Monday to allow a Kentucky-based company to place a 5,000-pound dome-shaped weather radar station on top of the water tower north of…

If the coronavirus pandemic turned “working from home” into common parlance, “learning from home” might be next: The Post reported last year on the skyrocketing number of home-schooled children, of whom reporters estimate there are…

WELLSVILLE — Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade A basketball team took home second place Saturday at a tournament in Wellsville. The Mustangs were in a hotly contested battle with host Wellsville in the title game when…

 TOPEKA — The House and Senate launched the 2024 legislative session Monday amid anticipated criticism of Gov. Laura Kelly’s attempt at bipartisanship on tax reform and substantial enthusiasm for a nonbinding resolution delving into Middle…

City of Iola crews tackle the first significant snowfall of the season on Tuesday morning. Allen County was not hit as hard as other parts of the region in a storm system that walloped the…

HOUSTON (AP) — Michigan’s climb back to the summit of college football ended with its 34-13 win over Washington in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night. Next, the Wolverines and their fans wait and…

HOUSTON (AP) — Jim Harbaugh raised the championship trophy as gold and white confetti sprayed over his team and “We Are the Champions” blared. Nine years after he took over at Michigan, Harbaugh delivered on…

Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. In one of the first of…