A stack of paper nearly 900 pages tall sat on a stool at the North Community Building in Iola Wednesday evening. It was wrapped up like a gift, but for those in the audience, it…

HUMBOLDT — A call for volunteers did more than give the upcoming Biblesta celebration a boost, committee member Pastor Jerry Neeley said. The infusion of new helpers, particularly younger ones, should be sufficient to keep…

Wesley United Methodist Church of Iola announced there will be no food commodities distribution on Oct. 27, continuing a pause that began earlier this year due to federal funding issues. The distribution program, which had…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in what police called a terrorist attack on…

BALTIMORE — An immigration judge on Wednesday denied a motion by Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorneys to reopen his case, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “With today’s ruling, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s final order of…

Jane Goodall, the intellectual, soft-spoken conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking, immersive chimpanzee field research in which she documented the primates’ distinct personalities and use of tools, has died. She was 91. The environmental advocate became…

Crews have begun construction on a new maintenance building for the Iola USD 257 school district, a project expected to improve efficiency and equipment care for the district. The building is being constructed on a…

TOPEKA — Kansas Bureau of Investigation director Tony Mattivi and Attorney General Kris Kobach announced a crackdown Wednesday on “brazen” sales of marijuana and THC products as law enforcement raided 10 shops in six cities…

Here’s a big, pressing problem: America’s children are not healthy. Not by any metric of chronic disease, obesity or mental health. It’s more than overdiagnosing and food dyes. It feels deep and systemic and beyond…

As Republicans and Democrats trade blame for the government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, and pundits opine about which side is winning, it is easy to lose sight of the real stakes.…