COFFEYVILLE — Iola High is gearing up for what the Mustang golf team hopes will be a prolific end to the 2024 season. The Mustangs traveled to Coffeyville Tuesday, where they dealt with a soggy…

Allen Community College wrapped up the 2024 regular season in style Wednesday. The Red Devils swept visiting Hesston, 15-1 and 15-5, to continue their season-ending hot streak. Allen, which at one point went through a…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine is worsening but local defenders are so far holding firm against a concerted push by Russia’s bigger and better-equipped forces, a senior…

Even though he burned the midnight oil Tuesday to wrap up the 2024 legislative session, Rep. Fred Gardner was in Iola Wednesday afternoon to discuss its outcome.  Legislators officially adjourned at 1 a.m. Wednesday, after…

Abigail Meiwes took the stage again and again at Iola High School’s annual Awards Night ceremony Wednesday to accept a slew of scholarships and awards, including the Governor’s Scholar award that recognizes the top senior…

TOPEKA — New bills passed in the last frenzied days of the legislative session would allow Kansans to seek potentially life-saving drug overdose treatment without fear of arrest, expand parameters for teenagers held in state…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. pregnancy-related deaths have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, new government data suggests. About 680 women died last year during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth, according to provisional CDC data. That’s…

LAWRENCE — Students on Wednesday set up what they call a “liberation encampment” in support of Palestine on the University of Kansas campus. In a letter to KU administration, the protesters said they stand “in…

Slaughtering wolves from helicopters? Castrating hogs? Shooting up Priuses with assault weapons? Murdering misbehaving puppies? Is this what it takes for a Republican woman to be a credible candidate for higher office? Former Alaska Gov.…

Dear editor, I appreciated the response letter to the original one from last Wednesday’s paper and the time it took to write it.  His argument was that having chickens do not save you any money.…