The day you file a trademark is the day you become a target. I learned this the hard way.  I am writing it down so the next Kansas City small business owner does not pay…

HUMBOLDT — Forget about John Wooden’s UCLA basketball teams or Tom Brady’s New England Patriots. If the students keep this up, Humboldt High School’s journalism program will soon be approaching Ming Dynasty or Ottoman Empire…

MAIZE — Iola High School’s Bella Rahming, Lily Lohman and Bethany Miller ended their senior year on a high note Saturday. The trio each brought home hardware from the State Speech and Drama Championships hosted…

MCPHERSON —  Sophia Heim’s quick thinking brought her another top honor Saturday. The Marmaton Valley High School senior brought home second place overall in extemporaneous speaking at the Class 1A State Speech and Drama Championships,…

MORAN — Moran may soon be getting a farmers market. The size and scope of the market is yet to be determined, Moran City Clerk Taeler Carr told City Council members Monday. Carr said she…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes carried out overnight and later on Tuesday killed at least 22 people and wounded more than 80 others, Ukrainian authorities said, hours before Kyiv was due…

Richard Ray Snyder, 74, of Iola, died Friday, May 1, 2026, at his home. Richard Ray was born Sept. 17, 1951, in Fort Scott, to Lloyd Harold Snyder and Treva Eileen (Cannon) Snyder. He married…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have added $1 billion in White House security upgrades to legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies, a proposed boost for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project after a man was charged with trying…

Nancy Earlene (Houk) Chandler, 88, died Saturday afternoon, May 2, 2026. Nancy was born July 8, 1937, on a farm near Moran, to Earl and Opal (Sullivan) Houk. She married Wayne Chandler on Aug. 25,…

Betty Ann Bishop, 94, of Yates Center, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2026, at her home. She was born Jan. 2, 1932, in the oil fields in northwest Woodson County, the daughter of Delmar Charles…