The SAFE BASE summer program kicked off Tuesday, promising weeks ahead filled with adventure and activity. The free summer program offers students an opportunity to have fun and continue to learn through hands-on activities and…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley middle and high school students making the honor roll for the second semester are as follows: Dean’s List Sixth grade: Daniel Allee and Maya Ulrich Seventh grade: Clara Ferguson, Tayleigh Forman,…

Improved play on the softball diamond resulted in postseason accolades for three Iola High softball players. Mustang junior Reese Curry and freshman Zoie Hesse both earned first-team all-Pioneer League honors while junior Elza Clift was…

JERUSALEM — Israel’s military said Wednesday it has seized control of a strategic corridor that runs along the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt. The military had no further immediate details. Known as the Philadelphi…

Iola school officials shared plans for a new reading program next year, after some staff and volunteers expressed dismay at the end of the Accelerated Reader program. Some aspects will stay the same, Jenna Higginbotham,…

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing red streams of lava in the latest display of nature’s power and triggering the evacuation of the…

Iola High School baseball and softball players filled the community building at Riverside Park Tuesday evening as a show of support for ballfield updates. City Council members discussed a proposed contract for services with Mammoth…

One rescued, one drowns at SEK lakes A 65-year-old woman was rescued 12 hours after fallilng into the water on the east side spillway of the Toronto Lake Dam in Woodson County May 17, according…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Simeon Woods Richardson earned his first win in eight starts, Jose Miranda drove in two runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Tuesday night. Minnesota, winners of…

Dear Carolyn: Forty years ago, a very close friend and I agreed to keep something we did in our 20s a secret for life. We did not want to hurt anyone else. I never said…