A Republican proposal to slash the $600 weekly benefit boost for those left jobless because of the coronavirus shutdown could result in weeks or even months of delayed payments in some states. Older computer systems…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — One hundred and 14 days. That’s how long Mary Daniel went without seeing her husband after the coronavirus banned visitors from his nursing home, separating the couple for the first…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr defended the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America as he testified for the first time before the House Judiciary Committee, pushing back against angry,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is seeing an increase in advance voting for the Aug. 4 primary amid the coronavirus outbreak.  As of Tuesday, the number of ballots voters returned by mail is almost six…

On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, William (Bill) Marvin Goode, loving husband and father of two children, passed away at age 95.  Bill was born on Feb. 8, 1925, in Beaumont, Texas, to Mackernuss and Lottie…

The news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being treated for a recurrence of cancer is striking terror in the hearts of liberals. As long as she is physically able, the resolute, gutsy Ginsburg will…

The U.S. Government is putting its shoulder to the wheel in an effort to develop a vaccine to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Billions of U.S. tax dollars are being committed to Operation Warp Speed to…

UPDATE: A celebration of life will be Aug. 1 with a private family event. Family will receive visitors from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, 201 W. Madison, Iola. Minnie M. (Gerdsen) Smoot,…

Masks. Stay-at-home orders. Shuttered businesses and schools. We’re all living in a new normal. But many people hope that a COVID-19 vaccine could return us to the old normal — or something close to it.…

A small group of Iolans aired their frustration Monday to City Council members about cockroaches. The little critters have become such a nuisance, former Mayor Bill Maness said, that his wife avoids working in their…