Miss Chelsea’s Dance Academy’s annual recital begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Tickets sell for $10 apiece, and can  be purchased at bowluscenter.org, or at the door.

Two students participating in the Work-Based Learning (WBL) program through Kansas Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) are gaining valuable job skills through their placements at Waters Hardware in Iola. Frederick Burgett came to the program in…

Tuesday’s planned Iola City Council meeting wound up being a no-go, when too many members announced they would be unable to attend. With only three Council members on hand — Mark Peters, Nich Lohman and…

Allen County commissioners were cool to Mandy Moyer’s pleas that they continue their current funding level for the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, signaling they were interested in reducing their commitment. Moyer, Bowlus director, made an…

Immigrants seeking green cards will have to return first to their home countries and wait despite years of potential backlogs, the Trump administration announced Friday. “An alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Tuesday denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations pressed on toward a possible deal to end the war,…

Corey Schinstock was discussing plans for the upcoming rebuild of U.S. 54 through much of Iola with a resident who lives alongside the highway. As Iola’s assistant city administrator, Schinstock has been the lead in…

As a member of the U.S. Army Phil Becker proved there are multiple ways to serve. For Becker, it was through music. Becker’s tour with the Army Band included playing for military personnel returning home…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to leave office as her husband battles cancer, becoming the fourth Cabinet member to depart during…

TOPEKA — The state’s nonpartisan nominating commission Thursday named three district court judges as finalists for a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court. Commissioners interviewed seven applicants and voted during a public meeting to present…