After opening the first week of practice Monday, the 2025 fall sports preseason kicks off Friday. Iola High School will compete in three contests Friday and Saturday. The IHS cross country team will kick off…

In 2011, Mississippi had 10 state champions in football. This year, they will have 11 and it’s not because Mississippi has 11 public school divisions. In fact, they only have seven. The reason for the…

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda will take in migrants deported from the U.S. under certain conditions according to a new agreement reached with the U.S. Details of the deal’s implementation are still being worked out by…

California Democrats were set Thursday to pass a redistricting map to add up to five blue congressional seats after Texas Republicans rubber-stamped President Donald Trump’s mid-decade gerrymander plan that would give the GOP a similar…

For more than 160 years, mail-in voting has been a fixture of American democracy — especially in Kansas. During the Civil War, Union soldiers stationed far from home were granted the right to vote by…

There is a classic Beatles song — “In My Life” — that speaks of “places I remember, all my life, though some have changed, some forever, not for better …” There is a day in…

Kansas advocates say recent changes to federal policy that bar many immigrants from accessing certain health services is meant to create worse living conditions for a vulnerable community with limited health care options. They also…

LAHARPE — For the second time in less than a month, firefighters were called to extinguish a blaze at the Allen County Landfill. But unlike the previous fire on July 23, which was considerably larger…

Just because you find that life’s not fair, it doesn’t mean you have to grin and bear it. Meet Matilda, a young girl with a love of learning, a quick wit, a vivid imagination, and…

HUMBOLDT — Bridge Street Books in Humboldt will welcome Kansas author Amber Jewell this Sunday at 4 p.m. for an afternoon of hope and healing. Jewell, a licensed clinical social worker from Le Roy, will…