Iola Public Library director Sharon Moreland speaks to a group of museum directors and other personnel Monday during  a spring meeting of the Southeast Kansas Museum Alliance. The Alliance, which covers 16 counties in this…

On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go farther than any…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday a request was submitted to the U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to reinstate more than $22 million in federal funding appropriated to Kansas to help students who…

Prom-goers showed up in their formal best as Marmaton Valley and Crest High Schools hosted their junior-senior proms Saturday. Some utilized unusual forms of transportation (a horse) and attire (as in “Dumb and Dumber”-style tuxedoes.

Iola High School and Iola Middle School students tested their musical abilities, and their endurance, Saturday for a 12-hour Practice-A-Thon. The students came and went through the morning and afternoon, with seven making it all…

Iola Elementary School’s annual carnival, hosted by the IES Parent Teacher Organization, drew throngs of students and family members to the school Saturday. There, they partook in an assortment of games, while feasting on popcorn…

BURLINGTON — The Coffey Health System Board of Trustees has voted to cease obstetrics care at Coffey County Hospital, according to a report from the health system’s marketing department published in the Coffey County Republican.…

LE ROY — Last week’s Le Roy City Council meeting saw the sudden resignation of council member Bryson Meats after the reading of a citizen complaint and a court-issued protection order, according to the Coffey…

The financial picture for American farmers took a hit in 2024. Net farm income dropped to its lowest point in four years, farmland values started to cool, and across much of the Midwest, the number…

WASHINGTON — A group of more than 40 organizations is urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reinstate staff who were purged at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National…