It’s hard to say what is more startling, seeing Mike Tyson hitting a bong or watching him hitting the mitts in a boxing gym like he was getting ready to fight Evander Holyfield again. Videos…

Debra Kelley, age 66, of Cherryvale, formerly of Iola, died Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Cherryvale Health and Rehab in Cherryvale.  She was born Dec. 15, 1953, in Shawnee, Okla., to James Kenneth Kelley and…

Jack Corbin, age 62, of Iola, died Monday, May 4, 2020 at Allen County Regional Hospital of Iola.  He was born July 25, 1957 to Bill and Wanda (Ward) Corbin in Norman, Okla. Survivors include…

YATES CENTER — City officials announced Wednesday the Yates Center Swimming Pool will not open in 2020, because of COVID-19 pandemic. “The safety, health and well-being of the entire community is of the utmost importance,”…

The Allen County office for USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is open to phone and virtual appointments only but can still work with producers on timely filing crop acreage reports. Staffers can provide assistance over…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 3.2 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the business shutdowns caused by the viral outbreak deepened the worst U.S. economic catastrophe in decades. Roughly 33.5 million people…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is repaying $1.1 million in welfare money that he received for multiple speeches where he did not show up, the Mississippi state auditor said Wednesday. Auditor…

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging outbreak has…

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters in the Florida Panhandle battled wildfires through the night that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes, authorities said. A more than 575-acre fire in Walton County…

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England warned Thursday that the British economy could suffer its deepest annual contraction in more than three centuries as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, before roaring back next…