There is no shortage of reasons to protect farmworkers.  Our agriculture industry, responsible for food production and by extension food prices, relies on a myriad of factors, including a stable labor source. Farmworkers are not…

Marmaton Valley High School students took part in a “Zero Reasons Why” session Monday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. “Zero Reasons Why” is a teen-led mental health education and suicide prevention campaign that is…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd: Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Annie M. Becker, Blue Mound, improper signal, $195 Anthony C. Bottini, Iola, littering, $200 Candice Grundy, Iola, expired tag, $195 Dallas D. Finley,…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon Sunday was “Satisfaction Guaranteed” from Joel. In the book of Joel, a plague of locusts brings famine on the land. Joel says it was a judgment from God warning the people…

The New York Times is suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly withholding information about a tracking device that a reporter found on his car in Lawrence in October of 2021. The legal complaint…

PARIS (AP) — Legislators toppled France’s government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in 12 months. Prime Minister François Bayrou was…

If proponents of posting the Ten Commandments in public schools are to be believed, the moral development of Texas children in 11 school districts  lags those of other Texas schoolchildren as of Monday.   We…

After the Trump administration slashed billions in state and local public health funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this year, the eventual impact on states split sharply along political lines.…

FORT SCOTT — The Southwind Extension District invites the public to attend “Back to the Land: Traditions & Innovations in Small-Scale Farming,” a free educational series designed for anyone interested in homesteading or small-scale agriculture.…

BALDWIN — The Iola Mustangs will not have long to lick their wounds from Friday’s 46-0 shutout to the Baldwin Bulldogs.  The Pioneer League champion Wellsville comes to town Friday.  Now, the Mustangs must regroup.…