(AP) — Millions of people in the central United States are bracing for powerful storms Monday including long-track tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and baseball-sized hail, forecasters said. Much of Oklahoma and parts of Kansas are at…

CHANUTE — Rainy weather pushed back the Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament from Thursday to Friday, when Iola High’s Mustangs hit the courts at the Chanute High School Tennis Complex. Iola’s Payton Kern gave a…

While she’s still uncertain where her college basketball path will lead, Allen Community College’s Sarang West has taken full advantage of her lone season with the Red Devils. After helping lead Allen to a school…

Joe Darren Stotler had no warning that his living situation was about to drastically change over the weekend. “I’m really good about watching the weather,” he said. At midnight Saturday, he walked down to check…

GAS — Every Saturday night, visitors travel to Gas from near and far to hear songs of worship and praise. They aren’t going to a church, though. At the Lighthouse Music venue at 1001 W.…

Third graders from Iola Elementary School got a lesson on local history Friday morning. Students spent classroom time this week learning about Iola history. They looked at historic photos that showed what the downtown Iola…

Iola High senior Xander Sellman has some unfinished business. The Mustang senior is one of the key components on a golf team harboring dreams of qualifying for the state tournament later this month. Sellman qualified…

EUREKA — An up-and-down year on the diamond is ending on an upswing as Yates Center High’s softball team nears the postseason. The Wildcats extended their winning streak to five Thursday by sweeping past host…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court waded into a four-year-old dispute about ownership of a purebred Cane Corso show dog with a decision Friday that identified procedural blunders by a Wyandotte County District Court judge…

TOPEKA — Republican Sen. Jeff Longbine says a bill passed by the Legislature stripping Kansas property from companies and individuals tied to China, Iran, North Korea and other adversarial nations was so profoundly unconstitutional that…