The Iola Community Theatre appears to be experiencing a rebirth thanks to a handful of new faces.  This past weekend’s production of “Clue,” featured about 10 new cast and stage crew members. The play was…

Dear editor, The week of September 18-24 is Constitution Week, a time when we remember and commemorate the importance of the Constitution and bring attention to how it serves us still today. As part of…

This summer felt like being trapped in a “Groundhog Day” movie — waking up to repeat the same blame-game politics day after day. Republicans blamed Democrat gubernatorial candidate and current Governor Laura Kelly for unpopular…

It appears Gov. Laura Kelly doesn’t want her campaign to ride the tailwinds of the cataclysmic Aug. 2 vote that preserved Kansas women’s reproductive rights.  Though the outcome proved the majority of Kansans are not…

Abortion is on the November ballot in Kansas, at least indirectly. Our judicial and gubernatorial elections are critical for determining whether Kansas moves toward banning abortion long term. But most Kansas voters are pro-choice and…

The death of the queen (there’s only one queen) might have come as “a shock,” as new British Prime Minister Liz Truss said outside No. 10 Downing St., but it was certainly not a surprise.…

What decade are we in? A school district in southwestern Missouri has decided to bring back corporal punishment — otherwise known as spanking, in this case with paddles — as a way to discipline students.…

As a neonatologist based in Kansas City, I have recently witnessed the debate over what occurs during pregnancy from many points of view in Missouri, Kansas and across the country. However, caring for newborns every…

In approving more than $50 billion to move away from energy sources that spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the nation’s largest state just took a significant step forward in the battle to curb climate…

According to the most recent data from Pew Research Center, National Election Studies, Gallup, ABC/The Washington Post, CBS/New York Times and CNN polls, only one-fifth of Americans say they trust the federal government to do…