Iola Middle School students Brody Thompson, left, and Shaun McLaughlin were selected for the All-State Middle Level Choir.  They will join other middle school choir students from around the state in a Virtual Choir performance…

TOPEKA — Members of a committee tasked with monitoring the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System took a preemptive stance Wednesday against refinancing the public pension system’s unfunded liability. Rep. Jim Kelly, an Independence Republican, proposed…

Shawnee Mayor Michelle Distler has been charged with felony perjury, court records show. Distler, 47, was released Wednesday on a $2,500 bond, the Kansas City Star reported. The criminal complaint by the Johnson County district…

Edith I. Correa, age 78, of Kincaid, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, at Allen County Regional Hospital. She was born Edith Irene Thompson on July 16, 1942, at Moran. Following high school, Edith married Lloyd…

Carol Jean (Perry) George, age 76, Redfield, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, at Country Place Senior Living in Fort Scott. Graveside services will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, in the Uniontown…

Schools across the area will  keep their fans in the know by streaming sporting events online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state’s high school sports governing body ruled last week that fans are to stay…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals agreed to one-year deals with outfielders Jorge Soler and Franchy Cordero, first baseman Hunter Dozier and right-handers Jesse Hahn and Jakob Junis on Wednesday as they…

We’re a week into the 2020-21 college basketball season, and the 11-time national champion UConn women have been strangely absent from fans’ TV screens. That’s how it’ll stay until at least mid-December. Five days prior…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s boys emerged from their Thanksgiving break in fine fashion Tuesday. The Wildcats blitzed their way to an 18-0 lead over visiting Northeast-Arma after one quarter on the way to…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Tyson Etienne had a career-high 26 points as Wichita State narrowly defeated Oral Roberts 85-80 on Wednesday night. Alterique Gilbert had 18 points for Wichita State (1-0). Morris Udeze added 10…