Students will be heading back to school soon, with mask mandates in place.  The CDC earlier this month urged every American to wear a mask, citing studies and data that show face masks reduce the…

Splintered Crews utilize a track hoe and other heavy equipment to remove trees, brush, rocks and other debris from land near Kentucky  and Monroe streets Friday, where the new Iola Elementary School construction will begin…

The fruits of Terri Johnson’s persistence have begun to pay off this summer  Johnson, of Moran, is in her second year as a vendor at the weekly Allen County Farmers Markets in Iola and Humboldt. …

Arrests reported Allen County sheriff’s deputies booked Erick W. Trickey, 47, rural Iola, into the Allen County Jail July 31 for a pair of warrants. Deputies arrested Jamie Quintero, 19, Wichita, for suspicion of driving…

GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — For decades, thousands of vendors have fanned out along roadsides from Alabama to Michigan each summer to haggle over the prices of old Coca-Cola bottles, clothes, toys, knives and more at…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders launched a last-ditch effort to revive collapsing Washington talks on vital COVID-19 rescue money, summoning Trump administration negotiators to the Capitol on Friday in hopes of generating progress. Both sides…

A call has been sounded to protect and preserve some of Humboldt’s most beloved artistic treasures. Harvey Peck, now 94, has spent a lifetime beautifying Humboldt, including adorning buildings with expansive and intricate murals. You…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service says it lost $2.2 billion in the three months that ended in June as the beleaguered agency — hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic — piles up financial…

NEW DELHI (AP) — A special flight carrying evacuees to India who had been stranded abroad because of the coronavirus skidded off a runway and split in two while landing Friday in heavy rain in…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Rory M. Foster vs. State of Kansas, other civil Amanda M. Ysusi vs. Charles A. Ysusi, protection from abuse Jennifer S. Rousello-Vail vs. Jesse J. Vail, divorce…