The Iola Middle School Mustangs picked up a win while on the road Thursday at Santa Fe Trail. According to a post by Iola Middle School Athletic Director Scott Brady, the seventh-grade Mustangs opened the…

Iola City Council members will discuss year-end budget amendments Monday to balance out the city’s financial books. The routine matter is necessary because of the difficulty municipalities face each year when they must budget up…

Allen Community College welcomed representatives from multiple universities during its annual College Transfer Day Thursday, giving students the chance to explore transfer options and plan for life after graduation. Held in the Allen Student Center,…

BOSTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP food benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states…

Hundreds of flight cancellations spread across the U.S. on Friday as airlines began complying with the Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented order to reduce service nationwide because of the government shutdown. While the FAA order left some passengers…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to continue carrying out, for now, its policy requiring that passports only list a person’s sex assigned at birth. The nation’s highest…

HUMBOLDT — First Baptist Church of Humboldt is  providing free breakfasts on Sunday mornings. A $6,000 grant from the Central Region of the American Baptist Churches is funding the breakfasts, which will continue for the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is making a new offer to reopen the government on Friday as Republicans have refused to negotiate on their demands to extend health care subsidies. Schumer is…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows: Alexander R. Barlow, Humboldt, theft, $405 Trapper Boren, Iola, violating basic speed rule, $195 Corbin D. Bowers, violating basic speed rule, $195 Charles S. Briggs, LaHarpe,…

Wendell Patrick Leis, 71, of Yates Center, died Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. Wendell was born on March 17, 1954, in Iola, to Florian and Dorothy Leis. Wendell is…