FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — They’re more comfortable, but they don’t work too well. Plastic face shields, neck gaiters and masks with valves — three of the creative approaches to face coverings since COVID-19 hit the…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Experts at the St. Louis Zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for at least two decades.…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Friday the much anticipated negotiations between Afghanistan’s warring parties are likely to be “contentious” but stressed that they are the only way forward if Afghans…

ABILENE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have identified a 7-year-old Kansas girl killed when she was hit by a car as she crossed a street to board her school bus. Cecilia Graf, a first-grader at St.…

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — One spent time quietly consoling families. The other proclaimed America’s might. President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden marked the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Friday…

As the new administrative assistant at the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism, I’m excited to bring my experience in writing, customer service and nonprofit involvement to the Iola community and its local businesses…

Dear editor, We have many freedoms guaranteed to us; however, the exercise of those freedoms must assure that the rights of others are not infringed.  People who refuse to wear facemasks often maintain this is…

As of Wednesday afternoon, Kansas suddenly looked clearer, disease-wise. That’s when the Kansas Department of Health and Environment released the the names and places associated with active outbreaks of COVID-19 across the state. (See below)…

If I could have a private audience with President Donald Trump I’d tell him to hit me with the truth. Every time. On Thursday, the president said the reason he has been minimizing the seriousness…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for four former Minneapolis officers charged in the death of George Floyd say each client should get his own trial, as the officers try to diminish their roles in the Black…