USD 257 opened the unofficial start of the 2025-26 school year Wednesday with enrollment for all students. Enrollment continues Thursday at the Iola Elementary School commons area.   Classes for USD 257 will begin Aug.…

HONOLULU (AP) — Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts along South America’s Pacific…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The proposed Environmental Protection…

Sunflower Summer, a promotion allowing youngsters more access to sites of interest across the state, has been extended to Aug. 8. The program originally was slated to end on Sunday, but was extended the additional…

TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers killed diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, practices in all forms of state government, including universities, after slipping a provision into the state budget. Ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline to…

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he is giving Russian President Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 days to stop the killing in Ukraine, shortening a 50-day deadline he had given the…

On Steve Vossler’s 56th volunteer shift of the year at the Harvesters food bank distribution center in Lawrence, Kansas, he packed corn and cucumbers. “I like the assembly line aspect of it,” he chuckled. He…

HUMBOLDT — Participants will get to soak up some fun at Saturday’s Water Wars celebration. The annual event, hosted by A Bolder Humboldt, promises to be wetter and foamier than ever. The events kick off…

Iola does not charge telecommunications companies to use its water towers for various transmitters and other pieces of equipment. That may soon change. The topic arose Monday after the owners of KwiKom Communications announced the…

Allen County Commissioners discussed with 911 Director Chelsie Decker Tuesday morning the replacement of the county’s dispatch call recording system.  Decker recommended the county move forward with dispatch recording services from a company named Equature…