Beneath the screaming and the shouting — the “noise”  — lawmakers have been able to accomplish more than what the public realizes, Rep. Derek Schmidt said Thursday. Schmidt, who represents Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District in…

It’s barely an exaggeration to note the Iola Municipal Band is almost as old as Iola, the town. The band’s weekly summertime concert series has been a fixture here since 1871, the longest continually performing…

A Marmaton Valley senior’s idea to address gaps in financial literacy has earned her top honors in an entrepreneurship competition. Sophia Heim earned first place at the 3rd Annual Allen County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge held…

TOPEKA — The Republican-led Kansas Legislature reconvenes Thursday to weigh Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of two dozen separate bills and line-item vetoes of more than 30 provisions in a state budget bill the Democratic governor…

TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt of Kansas said the military campaign against Iran should continue until U.S. forces resolved the threat of Iran’s deployment of nuclear weapons and eroded that country’s ability to destabilize…

The after-school USD 257 SAFE BASE program joined forces with Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the 31st Judicial District in recognizing April as Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. The kids and CASA advocates planted…

LAHARPE — Harry Lee Jr., LaHarpe’s newly minted mayor, sounded a call to arms Wednesday. Lee spoke at the outset of the City Council’s monthly meeting, asking LaHarpe’s citizenry to help address the city’s biggest…

A connection trail linking Lehigh Portland State Park and the Southwind Rail Trail south of Iola, has been shuttered. The Lehigh Portland Trails group announced the closure in a Facebook post this week. The link…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon reeled Thursday after the deadliest day of the renewed war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, with the death toll exceeding 300 people as more remains were pulled out of the…

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli strikes hit busy commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning on Wednesday, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon said at least 182…