Upcoming changes to graduation requirements, Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways, and the district’s Individual Plan of Study (IPS) curriculum were under the microscope at Tuesday’s meeting of the Iola USD 257 Board of Education. …

Iola is one step closer to getting a land bank in place. City Administrator Matt Rehder told City Council members Monday he plans on bringing a formal proposal to their June 9 meeting. A land…

The Iola City Council will decide at its June 9 meeting whether to allow extended fireworks sales, although prospects look iffy. Currently, fireworks sales are allowed in Iola from outside the current eight-day window, from…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood halted abortions in Missouri on Tuesday after the state’s top court ordered new rulings in the tumultuous legal saga over a ban that voters struck down last November.…

NPR and three of its member stations filed suit in federal court Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s White House over the president’s executive order to block funding for public media. Trump’s order called for an…

TOPEKA — An interview with a news outlet cost a former University of Kansas resident assistant his job and his home. Now, he’s suing the university for violating his free speech rights. The lawsuit filed…

Allen County Commissioners were given a heads up Tuesday morning on an upcoming recycling proposal. Steve Strickler, a longtime recycling volunteer, spoke with the commission on what he envisions as a joint effort between the…

A stretch of 400 Street in rural Allen County is closed to traffic indefinitely after torrential rains washed out a large swath of the road over the weekend, north of Pennsylvania Road.

Bill Shirley sprinkled vignettes about a number of World War II veterans along with other thoughts Monday as he spoke during a Memorial Day Service in Iola. Shirley, who served in the Army for 22…

President Donald Trump said he would be pardoning a former Virginia sheriff facing a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of bribery and fraud charges. Scott Jenkins and his family “have been dragged through HELL…