Marmaton Valley High School will crown its 2020 Fall Homecoming Queen prior to Friday’s football game against Chetopa. The candidates are, from left, Kaylee Becker, Madi Swink, Haylee Meiwes and Tea Smith. Crowning will be…

When it comes to aging, it’s been said that if a home transition — or move to another dwelling — is being considered, it is most easily done when individuals are in their 60s or…

WASHINGTON —As wildfires raging through the West force millions of voters to confront the consequences of a warming planet, the presidential race became intensely focused Monday on climate change — an issue that has been…

September is here and that means it is prime time to fertilize your fescue lawns. Even if you faithfully fertilize in the spring, by September fescue plants are literally starving to death.   Fescue is…

YATES CENTER —Do you know how that playground equipment at the park down the street was purchased? Or the new sign leading visitors to a local landmark? In any community, chances are that someone, or…

There’s something satisfying in that there’s no marker for John Brown’s Cave by the roadside, or even on the trail itself. The path forks in multiple directions upon one’s approach, flanked by worn farm buildings…

Iola’s new online portal for Iola’s utility customers has drawn significant interest in the first month since it was activated. More than 350 Iolans have signed up for the online service, which allows customers to…

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A mostly Republican state council voted Friday to extend Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s emergency declaration providing services to combat the coronavirus in Kansas, but only after language was added clarifying that…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brad Keller pitched his first major league shutout, tossing a five-hitter as the Kansas City Royals won their sixth in a row by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 on Sunday.…

WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) — Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents prepared for a new weather onslaught Monday as Tropical Storm Sally slowly churned toward them, with forecasters predicting landfall as a hurricane. Jeffrey Gagnard of Chalmette, Louisiana,…