While there has not yet been a formal denial, it appears Iola and USD 257 will be unsuccessful in securing a federal grant to install artificial turf atop a baseball and softball field at Riverside…

Iola Chamber of Commerce staff and supporters celebrated Waters Hardware with a ribbon cutting Friday morning during the store’s grand opening. With events scheduled throughout the weekend, including free doughnuts Saturday for the first 100…

CHANUTE — So long, Royster. The Chanute USD 413 Board of Education recently approved a rebranding process to ensure all of the district’s attendance centers are a part of the “Chanute Blue Comets” family. Along…

LEAVENWORTH — A Kansas district court barred CoreCivic Wednesday from reopening its shuttered prison until the company goes through Leavenworth’s development process to receive a special use permit. Judge John Bryant, Leavenworth County District Court,…

President Donald Trump spoke by phone to China’s Xi Jinping Thursday in a bid to ease the trade war he started by slapping massive tariffs on products imported from the world’s biggest manufacturing powerhouse. There…

TOPEKA — Kansas measles cases rose to 71 and were found in 11 counties in south-central and southwest Kansas, the state reported Wednesday. Sixty-nine cases are associated with the outbreak in southwest Kansas, where three…

For more than 50 years, the Iola Pharmacy has been a fixture in downtown Iola. Over the years the company expanded, including offering services at Allen County Regional Hospital, and then adding a drive-thru clinic…

A small group of community members came together Thursday afternoon at the Iola Pizza Hut to celebrate the volunteer work of Tom and Jeri Waters. The couple have served as volunteers of the Allen County…

WICHITA  — Wichita school district leaders say some student records at Southeast High School were changed — possibly to meet graduation requirements — and the district is investigating allegations of grade fixing at the school.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face…