FRONTENAC — Freeman Health System is abandoning plans to construct a new hospital in Frontenac, the company announced Wednesday, seven months after ground had been broken for the proposed facility. A feasibility study ordered in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce on Wednesday as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to an updated contingency plan posted to its website. Most IRS operations are…

Nancy A. Brooks, 87, Topeka, died surrounded by family Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Robert L. Brooks, 88, Topeka, died surrounded by family Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. A double funeral service will be Saturday, Oct. 25,…

The daughters of Floyd and Dixie Woods, residents of Pittsburg, Kansas, are both grateful and proud to acknowledge their parents’ 60th wedding anniversary. The occasion was celebrated on Sept. 25, 2025. The couple was married…

CAIRO (AP) — A breakthrough deal pausing the war in Gaza has been reached. But will it lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”? It took pressure on both Israel and Hamas from the United States,…

For decades, Americans have been sold a slick fantasy, that if your eggs don’t slide out of a pan like a Vegas card trick, you’re doing it wrong. It began in the 1960s and 1970s,…

I was talking to a teenage girl in Afghanistan last week. She was on her laptop and I was on mine. She was explaining to me how she came to understand that women don’t have…

The Humboldt Lady Cubs may have removed the only obstacle standing between them and a Tri-Valley League title after defeating Neodesha in a three-set thriller Tuesday. After opening Tuesday’s Caney Valley triangular with a sweep…

Iola High School’s golfers may be peaking at just the right time after earning a pair of medals during Tuesday’s Pioneer League Tournament. Iola senior Briley Prather and junior Brooklyn Holloway finished fifth and sixth…

Iola High School runners dominated Tuesday’s Eureka Invitational with multiple top ten finishers. Junior runner Keegan Hill posted his first gold medal of 2025 after beating the closest competitor by 39 seconds with a winning…