Allen Community College student athletes begin arriving on campus Friday with the fall sports season just around the corner. With events scheduled as early as Aug. 12, student athletes will report to their respective dorms…

The war Israel waged against Iran was short, with precision strikes, clear goals and results that enhanced its military prestige.  The war against Hamas in Gaza has become endless, indiscriminate and militarily pointless. It is…

The Iola Hormigas may have lost 4-3 to end the regular season but the city of Iola may have won following an announcement from the Pecos League. In a social media post Tuesday evening, Pecos…

Iola officials should know by fall the final price tag associated with rebuilding U.S. 54 through Iola. Assistant City Administrator Corey Schinstock said he is still awaiting engineers’ estimates on utility replacements along the route,…

USD 257 opened the unofficial start of the 2025-26 school year Wednesday with enrollment for all students. Enrollment continues Thursday at the Iola Elementary School commons area.   Classes for USD 257 will begin Aug.…

HONOLULU (AP) — Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts along South America’s Pacific…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The proposed Environmental Protection…

Sunflower Summer, a promotion allowing youngsters more access to sites of interest across the state, has been extended to Aug. 8. The program originally was slated to end on Sunday, but was extended the additional…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Billie Buck and David Rogers on July 24 for suspicion of possessing marijuana, stimulants and drug paraphernalia in the 400 block of Kansas Drive. On July 21, John Maier,…

TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers killed diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, practices in all forms of state government, including universities, after slipping a provision into the state budget. Ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline to…