Organizers have scrapped plans for a weekend barbecue cookoff in Iola. Iola High School’s Doug Kerr, coach of the IHS Underhogs, said two teams planning to compete pulled out of the competition, putting the number…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen. Kennedy…

TOPEKA — Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas pushed back against President Donald Trump’s vision of a trade war by joining a dozen cosponsors of federal legislation restricting unilateral tariffs without consent of Congress.…

Eight area players received honorable mention during the most recent Kansas State High School Activities Association All-State basketball team selections. Iola’s Cortland Carson and Reece Curry made this list, as well as Humboldt’s leading scorer…

HUMBOLDT — The Iola Middle School girls and boys track and field teams took first and second place, respectively, in the eighth-grade division of the Humboldt Invitational Track Thursday while the Humboldt Middle School Cubs…

TOPEKA — Reagan Herrman’s heart condition remained hidden until halfway through a summer youth basketball game at Washburn University when she became short of breath and struggled to reach the team’s bench. “I went behind…

Pastor Chase Riebel gave another sermon in the Resurrection series, this one on “Prayer.” Matthew 26:36-46 is the story of Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane just before he was betrayed to the chief…

Sylvia Swanson, 88, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away at her home Thursday, April 3, 2025. Born Sylvia Joan Shaffer in Winfield, Kan., on Nov. 17, 1936, she was the daughter of Charles S. and…

Judith E. Peery, 84, of Pittsburg, Kan., passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, April 11, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Garnett.  Inurnment will…

Spring break has come and gone, and summer is fast approaching. For many young people in our community, the season brings a valuable opportunity: free time to earn extra spending money and gain real-world experience.…