TOPEKA — Emporia State University President Ken Hush announced his retirement Thursday, nodding at past and future challenges in higher education. Hush, an Emporia State graduate, wrote in an email to alumni, staff and students…

Addiction doesn’t discriminate. It doesn’t care if you wear a badge, sit behind a desk, or work in a factory.  That was the message from former police officer Elijah Farran, who stood before a crowded…

The Allen County Fair continues to fill Iola’s Riverside Park with activities. The Fair continues through Sunday, including the MRCA Rodeo Friday and Saturday nights, the sheep and goat shows Friday evening and the beef…

Iola City Council members will continue their work Monday on shaping the city’s 2026 spending plan. Council members are slated to hear from department heads whose departments are funded primarily through Iola’s general fund: City…

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of night — turns 250 on Saturday. Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress…

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Five starving children at a Gaza City hospital were wasting away, and nothing the doctors tried was working. The basic treatments for malnourishment that could save them had run…

Alexa and Nora Ellis are supportive sisters when it comes to the Allen County Fair. It helps that their entries are, for the most part, in separate events. Alexa, 15, is already a grand champion…

The Baby Barnyard at Riverside Park features baby animals of all kinds — bunnies, kittens, calves, and more — and is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.,…

LAHARPE — Emergency crews stayed overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning to ensure a fire in the landfill’s trash cell had been fully extinguished. The fire was reported at about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday. LaHarpe Fire…

No question is too small when Kayla Chege, a high school student in Kansas, is using artificial intelligence. The 15-year-old asks ChatGPT for guidance on back-to-school shopping, makeup colors, low-calorie choices at Smoothie King, plus…