Underground fuel storage tanks are being removed in the 300 and 400 blocks of North State Street.   “It’s been a long time coming,” said John Wallace Jr., proprietor of the U-Haul rental business at…

TOPEKA — Changes to the Rural Opportunity Zones (ROZ) program that could increase participation in student loan repayments for people moving to rural Kansas counties, was announced by the Kansas Department of Commerce Thursday. Individuals who earn…

Transitioning from the world of fashion to insurance may seem far-fetched for some, but not for a go-getter like Kelly Sigg. After selling her business of 13 years — Audacious Boutique — Sigg has found…

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly says she has no plans to try to recruit the Kansas City Chiefs to Kansas after voters across state lines rebuffed an effort to upgrade Arrowhead Stadium with tax dollars. “Probably…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A voting technology company targeted by bogus fraud claims related to the 2020 presidential election settled a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against a conservative news outlet. The settlement between Florida-based Smartmatic and One…

The Rev. Phyllis Stutzman, pastor at Emporia’s Presbyterian Church, will address the Allen County Democratic Party at 6 p.m. Thursday at the John Silas Bass North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye, in Iola. Stutzman’s topic…

Ruth Marie Settlemyer, age 86, of Neosho Falls, died Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Medicalodges of Iola. She was born Feb. 14, 1938, in Bronson, to Lawrence Bolinger and Edith (Ludlum) Bolinger. She married Vernon…

One night not long ago, I went to hear a good band at a local bar. I couldn’t stay past five songs. The volume was deafening, and I mean that literally — as in “if…

Summer is two months away, yet the Texas power grid is already swooning. On Friday the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot) asked power generators to postpone scheduled maintenance early this week “to help alleviate…

While Iola High’s junior varsity track athletes competed against primarily smaller schools Tuesday at the Gene Farrow Invitational — an event hosted by Waverly High School and held at Iola’s Riverside Park — the quality…