TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Republicans are trying to pull Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly into a national debate over border security as the GOP works to undercut her standing with voters ahead of her re-election…

Upcoming city and school board elections will bring several choices for area voters. Multiple candidates filed for offices, setting up contests for most Iola City Council seats, Humboldt mayor and races for both USD 257…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used the 100th anniversary of Tulsa’s race massacre to make a plea for sweeping legislation in Congress to protect the right to vote as Republican-led governments in Texas and…

Iolan Nich Lohman, director of clinical operations at Iola Pharmacy, is seeking a seat on the Iola City Council. Lohman, who lives in Iola’s Third Ward, filed this week, the Allen County clerk’s office reported.…

Iola City Councilman Gene Myrick has filed for re-election. Myrick’s filing ensures at least one contested seat is up for grabs in the 2021 city elections. Myrick, who lives in Iola’s Third Ward,  will face…

Iola City Councilman Steve French has become the first nominee to become Iola’s next mayor. French,  a retired investigator with the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services, has served two separate terms on the Iola…

Interested in running for local office? The filing deadline for the August primary and November election is noon, June 1. Seats are open on every city council in Allen County. In Iola, positions currently held…

TOPEKA — Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach launched a campaign Thursday for the Republican nomination for attorney general and came under fire from the state’s most influential business lobbying organization that declared a…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Charley Crabtree was looking to help voters in nursing homes get absentee ballots delivered on time last year, so he picked up about 75 from at least 10 locations in his…

LA RUSSELL, Mo. (AP) — Local elections in April generally attract few voters but a small southwest Missouri town hit a new low this week when not one of its 70 residents cast a ballot.…