Several Iola High School seniors were busy painting parking spaces at the school Wednesday morning. It’s been a long-standing tradition for incoming seniors to personalize their parking spots ahead of their final year. Each chose…

TOPEKA — A cheese manufacturing plant in western Kansas created hundreds of new jobs, but developers needed help building enough housing for the plant’s workers. The state program that helped fund 40 homes in a…

Michael Maloney of Ray’s Metal Depot makes quick work Wednesday morning with the demolition of what had been a filling station years ago at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Broadway Street. The structure later…

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that injured four people as it became the biggest blaze in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Robert F. Kennedy…

HUMBOLDT — More than 15,000 meals were distributed over the summer via Humboldt USD 258’s summer meals program, which concludes Thursday. The team served an average of 170 children and 30 adults a day, Terry…

Local veterinarian Darrell Monfort challenged Allen County Commissioners Tuesday over their decision to reduce county funding for the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center (SEKMHC), calling the justification based on executive salaries “ridiculous” and warning of…

A wayward peacock found meandering through Iola’s residential areas in recent weeks is best left alone, animal control officer Elisha Womelsdorf said. The city has received several calls of the feathered visitor, with reports ranging…

West Jackson Avenue in Iola is among the targeted areas for the city to resume its annual chip-seal resurfacing project, starting Monday. Crews will target areas north of U.S. 54 to Monroe Street and west…

TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly joined 22 other states and Washington, D.C., in suing the Trump administration for terminating federal funding, which she said has led to cuts to state agriculture, health and safety…