The onset of spring brings with it the obligatory chances of severe weather. The National Weather Service teamed up with Allen County Emergency Management to present “Storm Fury on the Plains” Monday at the Bowlus…

The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce is preparing to celebrate local businesses and community leaders at its annual awards dinner on April 9 at the Riverside Park Community Building. Cocktails will begin at 5:30 p.m.,…

Children’s author Brenda Maier paid a visit to Iola Elementary School Tuesday morning, one of several stops in the area as part of an Author Visit Program activity in and around Iola. Maier also was…

CHANUTE — Chanute High School’s chess team recently won its ninth straight Kansas Class 4A Chess Championship, the Chanute Tribune reported. And that’s not all. The Blue Comet Chess Team also secured the All-State Championship…

After Venezuela and Iran, what’s another U.S. military incursion? President Donald Trump said a few days ago that he will be “having the honor of taking Cuba” and that he can do “anything” he wants…

Gail Dubray, 75, of Arma, died Saturday, March 21, 2026, at her home. Mrs. Dubray was born Sept. 9, 1950, in Iola, Kan., the daughter of Charles Edward and May Elizabeth Wartick Luttrell. Gail was…

Janice Anne Pollman of Olathe passed from this life peacefully on her 82nd birthday, March 15, 2026. Janice, or Jan as she was known to family, was born March 15, 1944, in Muskogee, Okla. Her…

After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that’s baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may end up being one of the most expansive heat waves…

The U.S. Defense Department will remove media offices from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters’ access to the building, a department official announced Monday.…

TOPEKA — A contingent of House Republicans united with Democrats on Monday to push through a bill that reins in the middlemen operating between drug companies and pharmacies, offering more transparency for a system that…