It isn’t taking long for construction projects to hit high gear at Allen Community College. The ACC gymnasium, crammed with graduates and their families Saturday, looked far different two days later as work crews began…

FORT SCOTT — A weeklong impasse on more than $300,000 in Bourbon County expenditures was resolved after county commissioners authorized another commissioner other than Board Chairman Samuel Tran to sign the checks in question. The…

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed access to medication abortion via telemedicine and by mail to continue, blocking a decision at the appellate court level that had restricted the drug. The justices granted…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian missile attack that flattened a Kyiv apartment building rose Friday to 24, including three teenagers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said as he led the mourning for one…

Iola High School students, faculty and staff spent much of Thursday morning outdoors, celebrating the last day of the school year. The rowdy group of teenagers participated in games, races and relays — including a…

Charles (Chuck) Apt III, magistrate judge for the 31st Judicial District in Allen County, will retire June 10. Apt worked as an Iola attorney for 43 years before being appointed to the judgeship in 2023.…

Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center and the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center have announced the purchase of Ashley Clinic by the medical center. Ashley Clinic offices in Chanute, Iola and Humboldt will remain open. The…

Rising fuel prices across the country are putting pressure on schools, businesses and families alike.  At USD 257, the bad news is tempered by the fact the school year has ended before the costs go…

The detachment of a wind turbine blade at the Prairie Queen Wind Farm last month triggered a safety review of all 59 turbines, said representatives from EDP Renewables, which operates the wind farm. Prairie Queen…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that their two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue is not handled properly, an unusually harsh admonition that stood in contrast…