A Michigan man has been sentenced after officials said he was upset his girlfriend went on a cruise so he sent in a bomb threat, diverting the ship. Joshua Lowe was sentenced to eight months…

TOPEKA — A new Kansas law adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism — a definition that has been criticized for conflating criticism of the state of Israel with antisemitism. The legislature…

Adventure and learning opportunities abound for USD 257 students this summer. In 2013, SAFE BASE took 68 students and an assortment of adults on a trip to Colorado, offering hiking and whitewater rafting. A little…

HUMBOLDT — Barbecue and beer are a natural pairing, local chef Austin Honaker told Humboldt Council members in an appeal to allow alcohol consumption at this summer’s barbecue cookoff on the downtown square.  Honaker, owner…

An attempted break-in in Iola and subsequent pursuit led to the arrest of a Le Roy man Tuesday afternoon. Samuel Van Patten, 44, Le Roy, faces multiple charges after he led officers on a lengthy…

The Israeli defense minister says his country’s troops will stay in “security zones” in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, after Israel unilaterally expanded its frontiers in the war unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel says it…

Iola has an abundance of folks who go above and beyond, helping make the community a better place to live. Mayor Steve French would like to see some of that benevolence formally recognized. French brought…

WASHINGTON — Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Monday in an antitrust trial in Washington, defending acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp amid accusations from U.S. regulators that Meta holds an illegal…

Carl Slaugh, a former Iola city administrator and later a city councilman, died last week at the age of 77. The Utah native embarked on a 20-year military service, a stint that put him in…

After a year of delays, the newest cell has been completed at the Allen County Landfill. The landfill now faces another hurdle — wind. County Commissioners Tuesday morning continued discussion from a previous meeting concerning…