An officer with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department shot and killed a person at the Panasonic battery plant in DeSoto, Kansas, on Friday. The sheriff’s office was at the plant due to a report at…

RICHMOND — Iola High School girls basketball coach Emily Sigg earned her first win while helming the Mustangs during Thursday’s 47-29 victory over Central Heights. With the win, the Mustangs play for fifth place in…

RICHMOND — After opening the Ike Cearfoss Basketball Tournament with a loss, the Iola Mustangs returned to form with a few fireworks to beat host Central Heights 74-28. Four Mustangs scored in double digits as…

ARMA — A hot finish was not enough to overcome a slow start for Marmaton Valley High’s boys Thursday. The Moran boys lost to Uniontown, 46-37. The Wildcats trailed 13-8 after one quarter and 23-16…

HUMBOLDT — It was shaping up to be an early season classic, with Crest and Humboldt High’s boys trading momentum like baseball cards Thursday. While Crest held the advantage through much of the first three…

YATES CENTER — The Wildcats face the Olpe Eagles for the Wildcat Winter Classic title Friday after defeating Sedan 68-61 in Thursday’s semifinal contest. Coach Lane Huffman described Yates Center’s Thursday night run as one…

Judith “Judy” Lynn (May) Sloan, age 79, of Iola, passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. A visitation with family present will be from 3 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, at…

David Wayne Stotler, age 81, of Iola, passed away Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at his home. David was born Sept. 26, 1944, in Iola, to Boyd Stotler and Beulah (Matthews) Stotler. David graduated in 1963…

Ordinarily, I wouldn’t recommend perusing the annual National Security Strategy of the United States of America. It generally summarizes the foreign policy direction in which the current administration is headed, and makes for lengthy, dry…

It might seem improbable today, given the Trump administration’s penchant for brazenly bullying federal employees, but half a century ago my father-in-law, a federal employee, resisted an order from the Nixon White House — and…