Iolan Don Erbert’s crew had finished work on a new Sonic Drive-In in Springfield, Ill. on Thursday. As the winter weather approached, they were eager to return home. But even with a storm in the…

Cami Keitel had a hunch something special was brewing at Allen Community College last spring, when she was in town to interview for the newly vacated role of vice president of student affairs. Keitel was…

The fate of a home donated years ago to the Iola Public Library will be one of the many topics discussed at Monday’s Iola City Council meeting. Library representatives will discuss with Council members their…

TOPEKA — A proposal adding two positions to increase oversight of state agencies and make sure they’re spending money as the Legislature intended met with concerns about confidentiality and whether problems could be identified in…

(AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday misrepresented the arrest of a prominent civil rights attorney for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. On its official…

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose again Thursday and regained more of its losses for the week following the latest walkback by President Donald Trump from tariffs he had earlier threatened. The…

YATES CENTER — It took Yates Center City Council members just about as much time to undo what they’d done just a day earlier, quickly voting 3-1 in a special meeting Wednesday to “quash and…

Retail sales in Iola rose slightly in 2025, contributing to higher sales tax revenues and modest gains in several other local tax categories, according to City Clerk Roxanne Hutton. The increase continues an upward trend.…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature’s auditors confirmed the payment error rate for a food assistance program in Kansas exceeded a federal threshold of 6% during three consecutive years, but the Kansas Department for Children and…

ATLANTA (AP) — Bread was flying off the shelves, salt was being loaded into trucks and utility workers were nervously watching forecasts Thursday as a huge winter storm that could bring catastrophic damage, widespread power outages and…