CHANUTE — Chanute police officers are looking into a reported sighting of a bear, and have advised residents to use caution if they encounter the animal. The Chanute Police Department posted the alert after a…

Allen County commissioners Tuesday weighed whether they should ask voters to increase the county sales tax.  The increase would help fund emergency medical services, which are currently funded through the county’s ambulance fund. A similar…

Judith “Judy” Works, RN, MN, APRN, age 66, of Iola, Kansas, passed away suddenly on May 15, 2026. She was a nurse, a healer, a tireless advocate for the people in her care, and the…

Phil Becker will be pulling double-duty at Monday’s Memorial Day service in Iola. On top of directing the Iola Municipal Band through the national anthem to start the ceremony, Becker will change hats to deliver…

Chanute’s energy portfolio just got greener. A new 6-megawatt solar farm at 4302 S. Plummer is now online and producing energy. Evergy will own and operate the facility, while the City of Chanute has agreed…

YATES CENTER — A crammed schedule is in the offing this weekend for the annual Yates Center Days celebration. The 2026 festival puts a hearty emphasis on its “Small Town USA” motto, and begins Friday…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone — including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters — from…

District court clerks are the workhorses of the state’s court system. They handle the bulk of the court’s day-to-day work and interact frequently with the public. They are good people doing good and often difficult…

Even at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, you likely will not find a physician without opinions about one of its most prominent alumni, Dr. Marty Makary, the former chair of gastrointestinal surgery at Hopkins…

Republicans used to criticize “sue and settle” tactics for changing federal policy outside of the democratic process, but the Trump administration is taking the practice to a new extreme. President Donald Trump “settled” his own…