TOPEKA — Nearly 500 people die annually in Kansas from gun violence, and the state ranks low in gun legislation, according to a yearly ranking. Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a national gun…

City of Iola crews were busy clearing trees alongside Montana Road in the ongoing preparation of Lehigh Portland State Park Wednesday morning.  “They are clearing some road right-of-way to make way for a power line,”…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly plans to deploy political capital during the 2025 Kansas legislative session to broaden commitment to a bipartisan, multigenerational investment in protection of the state’s water supply. Kelly, a Democrat midway…

Chase Vaughn didn’t follow a typical path to becoming an attorney. But it sure hasn’t taken him long to establish a foothold in the legal community now that he’s arrived. The Iola native, who started…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a call for a common line between the U.S. and the European Union and an increase in military production in the face of the Russia’s nearly three-year invasion of his…

Iola middle and high school orchestra students presented their winter concert Wednesday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The orchestra is directed by Kaylin Klubek. The high school advanced orchestra, above, played a medley…

Pamela Sue King, age 65, of Iola, Kan., passed away Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at Medicalodges Nursing Home, Iola. Pam was born Nov. 20, 1959, in Iola, to John Manbeck and Darlene (Stoker) Manbeck. She…

In her annual budget address earlier this month, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem recommended the state cut spending by 27 percent, due to an unexpected decrease in sales tax revenues and the fact they have…

Much of the discussion around the issue of using taxpayer dollars to help families send their children to private schools has centered on coming up with a compromise, because it’s inevitable this is the year…

I left my job as a health insurance executive at Cigna after a crisis of conscience.  It began in 2005, during a meeting convened by the chief executive to brief department heads on the company’s…