WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider whether banning homeless people from sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. The case is considered the most significant to come…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce that it’s blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before the…

Blanch Henderson, age 93, died Friday, April 19, 2024, at Parkview Heights, Garnett. Blanch Marie Nilges Henderson was born on May 8, 1930, in Scipio to Albert Nilges and Barbara Kipper Nilges. She married Ira…

Graveside services with military honors for Harry L. Sinclair, 82, lifelong resident of Iola, will be at Highland Cemetery at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27. He transitioned Thursday morning, April 18, 2024, peacefully at home…

MCPHERSON — The gauntlet that is Iola High’s baseball season continued Friday, with the Mustangs taking on two of the top baseball powers in Class 4A. Iola hit the road to take on two-time defending…

HUMBOLDT — On a day filled with offensive and defensive stars, few were as bright as Humboldt High’s Sam Hull. The Cub senior opened Game 1 of the Walter Johnson Tournament Friday with a double,…

HUMBOLDT — After slugging their way past Neodesha, 11-4, to open the Lindsey Friederich Memorial Softball Tournament Friday, Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs found runs a bit more scarce against Anderson County in the championship game.…

FREDONIA — For Iola High’s track and field team, a trip to Fredonia Thursday bodes well for the rest of the 2024 season. The Mustang athletes ventured to Fredonia for the JSC Fredonia Relays, one…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran, signaling the two bitter enemies are ready to prevent…

The Supreme Court heard a case this week with big implications for prosecutions of accused Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Unsurprisingly, the matter has polarized onlookers — with each side insisting that there’s a clear legal, and…