The annual Iola Elks Christmas basket distribution project assisted more than 40 families in need this year. Volunteers, armed with an Elks National Foundation grant, purchased the food this week from G&W in Iola, enough…

When then-high schooler Page Clements came out as transgender in 2021, she knew it would change the course of her life. But she didn’t think it would force her to leave her home. Her parents…

TOPEKA — President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration for 12 Kansas counties that were hammered in July by straight-line winds, severe storms and flooding. The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Monday that federal funding…

The meeting room at the Iola Public Library filled Friday with stories that stretched back across decades, as members of the Old-Timers Talking group reflected on the people who left lasting impressions on their lives. …

As the organization notes on its website, there are many reasons why teens struggle with mental health. But there are zero reasons why we should struggle alone. With that in mind, Allen County high-schoolers will…

Motorists could have used a certain red-nosed reindeer to guide their way as fog shrouded much of Iola and Allen County Tuesday. In Iola, the fog was reported as thick as peanut butter, obscuring vehicles…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced the Navy will build a new “Trump-class” battleship as part of the White House push to modernize a fleet that’s been hobbled by years of cost overruns and delays.A…

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Sometimes kids drop the phone after hearing Santa won’t show up if they’re not asleep. Others who call the NORAD Tracks Santa hotline wonder if St. Nick will…

TOPEKA — Kansas has long been recognized — derided even — as a “flyover state,” Gov. Laura Kelly lamented Monday. No longer. As of Monday, with the announcement that the Kansas City Chiefs will soon…

China criticized the U.S. for seizing oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela, signaling it stands with Caracas as its confrontation with Washington intensifies. “The U.S. practice of arbitrarily seizing other countries’ vessels grossly violates…