Ethel Lorraine Cellers (Castle) died at 101 years of age on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 at her home in Iola. Ethel was born to Albert Wire and Elizabeth Ethel Castle (Kiggins) in Burlington on March…

Keith R. Bliss was born Dec. 22, 1937, in Iola, the son of Wayne and Esther (Laymon) Bliss. He passed away Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 at the Enterprise Estates Nursing Home. Keith grew up in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in California charged a 29-year-old man with starting a deadly fire that erupted into the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles history and destroyed much of the wealthy Pacific Palisades…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, forcing states to…

The elimination of around 80 positions at Gates Corporation’s Iola plant is a bitter pill to swallow. 80 families lose a wage earner, many of whom had spent decades at the facility. They’ll leave behind…

If a U.S. president was just itching to militarize the streets of a politically unfriendly American city like some blustery third-world despot, how would he go about it? First, he might start with a pretense…

The Iola Mustangs third and fourth-graders kept their perfect record intact during their final game inside Mustangs Stadium Saturday. Timely touchdowns and a stiff defense secured the Mustangs’ fourth victory of the season as they…

HUMBOLDT — Crest senior runner Josie Walter has renewed her love for cross country, and it showed as the senior took second at Monday’s Humboldt Invitational. Walter was just 9 seconds off the pace of…

It’s harvest time in Kansas. Across the state, combines have begun shaving down and chopping up over 6 million acres of corn. Isaac Yara is a truck driver, so he sees almost nothing but those…

DE SOTO — This small town is moving forward with plans for major developments even though Panasonic may delay full production at its new electric vehicle battery plant. The newest developments include plans for hundreds…