The Allen Red Devils sustained their first loss of the season, 85-81, while on the road Tuesday against Connors State College in Warner, Oklahoma. The Connors State Athletics emerged victorious in a 40-minute dogfight with…

With the Southern Coffey County Titans falling to Peabody-Burns 54-0 Tuesday, the Maramaton Valley Wildcats are the only area football team active in the postseason. The MVHS Wildcats face the Frankfort Wildcats, 5-4, Friday in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the…

TOPEKA — Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins acknowledged Tuesday that he didn’t gather enough support from his Republican caucus to force a special session on Friday as planned. Hawkins and Senate President Ty Masterson have…

TOPEKA — The former CEO and founder of the Beneficient investment firm that was granted a unique bank charter on orders of the Kansas Legislature was arrested and jailed Tuesday following indictment for an alleged…

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is suing state Attorney General Kris Kobach for his “failure to defend Kansans against the Trump administration’s unlawful federal overreach.” Kelly, a Democrat, announced the lawsuit Friday, saying that she has…

There are no permanent victories — or losses — in politics. That’s the thing to keep in mind now that Kansas Republicans have given up (for now) on their dreams of stealing Sharice Davids’ seat…

Karie White noticed Iola will have a pair of events to honor local veterans this weekend, but nothing on Veterans Day. The annual Veterans Day Mess Call, a dinner honoring those who served, will be…

Allen Countians overwhelmingly supported a quarter-cent sales tax extension to support maintaining Allen County Regional Hospital and its clinic in Tuesday’s election. In unofficial results posted Tuesday evening, voters approved extending the sales tax by…

Pamela Jane (Robertson) Shrum, 73, Iola, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, at Heritage Healthcare in Chanute. Pam was born July 9, 1952, in Peoria, Ill., to James Winston Robertson and Ruby Louise (Collins) Cook. Pam…