Live chickens will remain off limits in Iola. At least for the time being. Iola City Council members voted 4-3 against a motion to allow residents to raise live chickens within city limits. That the…

Iolan Bob Hawk will talk Saturday about how an early road helped Allen County’s growing communities develop in a rapidly changing Kansas frontier. Hawk will speak about the Elizabethtown to Cofachique State Road’s origins at…

The U.S. Commerce Department launched investigations into imports of drones, parts for unmanned aerial vehicles and for polysilicon, a key material for solar power, setting the stage for possible tariffs on those goods. The probes…

EMPORIA — Over 500 Emporia State University students graduated during ceremonies in May 2025. Graduate students were recognized May 9; undergraduate students on May 10. Students from the area who graduated include: Mackenzie Anstaett, of…

Steve Traw drew from 1 Peter 1:17-23 for Sunday’s message, “Precious Blood of Christ.” Verse 19 says “But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” The Bible…

At Panasonic’s massive battery plant in De Soto on Monday, Kansas political leaders stood beside Japanese dignitaries on stage with wooden mallets in their hands. They huddled together to perform “kagami wari,” a Japanese ceremony…

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire that tore through a historic Grand Canyon lodge and raged out of control Monday had been allowed to burn for days before erupting over the weekend, raising…

Lloyd “LEW” Ernest Webber Jr., JD, 78, of Lorton, Va., formerly of Humboldt, passed away on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va. He was born in Topeka on July…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister announced his resignation Tuesday in the first formal step of what is expected to be a significant reshuffle of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government, which could also see the…

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe this past week walked back paid the sick leave protections for workers that a large majority of voters wanted in the 2024 election. Last fall, the Kansas City Star Editorial Board…