RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mandatory evacuations were imposed for parts of three East Coast states today as millions of Americans prepared for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern…

Iola hosted its annual volleyball invitational over the weekend and came just short of three wins, falling to 2-2 in their four matches throughout the day. The Fillies secured wins over Parsons and Prairie View…

Iola The Ponies opened their season on Thursday with a win for the seventh and eighth-graders at Fort Scott. Both teams move to 1-0 this season after their season opener versus Osawatomie was canceled the…

Marmaton Valley junior high volleyball played their second set of games Thursday night against Northeast Arma. The A-Team lost in three sets (25-17, 23-25, 8-15). Raveyn Kegler and Madison Lawson led the team with eight…

Marmaton Valley cross country competed in Burlington on Aug. 30 and all four Wildcat runners finished in the top 15 in the girls junior varsity race. Zoi Yoho received a seventh place medal with a…

CARSON, Calif. — Patrick Mahomes wore a towel, flip flops and nothing else as he walked through a locker room built for soccer but at the moment housing a conquering NFL team. He stepped over…

Hurricane Florence is expected to hit the Atlantic seaboard later this week. Even if it doesn’t make landfall, the anticipated rainfall will exacerbate an already flooded coastline. From Boston to Miami and around into the…

Dear editor, I am an 82-year-old woman who is disabled. I have spinal stenosis and had a total hip replacement about two years ago. I have had several back surgeries and I have a torn…

In the hours, days and weeks that followed Sept. 11, 2001, citizens throughout our communities taped American flags printed in newspapers to windows as a show of solidarity. The pages were ephemeral, colors dimming in…

The U.S.-China trade war escalated again in late August, with each side imposing duties on an additional $16 billion of imports from the other. That brings the total value of exports exposed to duties to…