The local school district’s financial report passed with flying colors according to USD 257’s annual audit. Neil Phillips, CPA with Jarred Gilmore & Phillips, walked school board members through the report at their meeting Monday…

TOPEKA — Kansas turned in a 60-page application last week in hopes of receiving a share of $50 billion in federal money designed to transform rural health. Nearly one-third of Kansans live in rural communities,…

President Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen while the government is shut down, even as some…

NEODESHA — Two young parents and their 2-year-old son were killed in a two-vehicle accident just west of Neodesha Monday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Adam and Kylie Brooks, both 21, and their son, Kohen,…

TOPEKA — The county involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor. In two of the four agreements, the Marion County…

More than 200 potential job openings are up for grabs as employers and prospective employees gather for a job fair Thursday at Iola’s Riverside Park. The event — scheduled in the wake of Gates Corporation’s…

Iola’s Adopt A Child campaign, one of the community’s largest charitable endeavors to assist needy families with Christmas gifts, will assist more than 200 children in 2025. Through Adopt A Child, donors purchase a couple…

County commissioners certified the Nov. 4 general election results at their meeting Monday. Of the nine provisional ballots reviewed, two were disqualified. One because the voter was registered in another county and the other lacked…

NEW YORK (AP) — Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration moves ahead with deeper cuts to flights at 40 major U.S. airports, officials…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his onetime chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The “full, complete, and unconditional”…