Armed with a $1,000 grant from Cox Communications, Iola Elementary School is primed to let its students’ imaginations run wild  through a pair of new tools. At first glance, the tools would appear at opposite…

A new partnership between Allen Community College and USD 257 aims to strengthen athletic opportunities for local students.  The two institutions recently finalized a pair of memorandums of understanding that formalize the sharing of athletic…

Two newcomers to the Iola City Council would like to kick the tires on the idea of adding artificial turf to baseball and softball diamonds at Iola’s Riverside Park. Jeremiah Ivy and Doug Kerr both…

Dear Carolyn: My last relationship was several years ago. We’d been together for four years and engaged for one. Right before we were supposed to do the deed, he informed me that he never wanted…

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who opened fire in a classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University was granted early release from federal prison in 2024 after completing a drug treatment program, a person familiar with the…

Dozens of Labette County residents and city leaders gathered Thursday in Parsons to hear from representatives of a company planning a 1-mile underground nuclear reactor. Some locals raised concerns while the company tried to make…

Justin Ray and Janet Nicole Paddock, of Ottawa, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Lauren Nicole Paddock to Matthew Glenn Percy, son of Lynn Loree Madl Percy, of Ottawa, and Mark Tyler…

WASHINGTON (AP) — All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed while supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, said…

Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be. Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus…

Following their regional championship run last season, the Humboldt Cubs will field a much different lineup at Thursday’s home jamboree. Graduating almost their entire lineup last spring, Humboldt coach Mike Miller said he has a…