On a night when Iola High School celebrated a storied team from its past, the 2025-26 basketball teams showed there’s plenty to cheer in present day as well.

WHILE there’s not exactly a penny shortage nationwide — estimates range from 115 to 300 billion in circulation — but with no new pennies being minted, banks and retailers will eventually have to rely ...

Rep. Fred Gardner said his foremost goal for the upcoming legislative session, which begins Monday, is to ensure his rural 9th District receives its share of ...

She’s already hit the ground running, opening It Happens Hair at 110 West Street. The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated the new business with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon.

If President Donald Trump is going to be restrained from trying to take over half the world over the next few years, it will take pushback from Republicans ...

Republican legislative leaders agreed to pay former Emporia State University president Ken Hush $50,000 to spearhead their efforts to slash spending ...

Three area players will play under Crest coach Nick McAnulty this summer for the Kansas Eight-Man Football All-Star game in Beloit.

The Humboldt Middle School Cubs opened 2026 with a sweep of Three Rivers League foe Eureka while hosting the Tornados Thursday night.

Iola held Burlington to just 5 points in the third quarter and a bucket in the fourth to hold on for the win. Kaiden Jones had a team-leading 8 points, followed by Kamden Barnett with 7 and Evan ...

In a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation Thursday that would extend expired health care subsidies for ...

AT MONDAY’S meeting, Council members also will discuss a proposal to increase the city’s transient vendor license applications from $10 to $30. The higher fee is necessary to cover the costs for ...

The Humboldt Cubs ended Thursday’s triangular with a few fireworks as freshman Bentley Kolb, 215 lbs., picked up his first win.