Dear Carolyn: My 86-year-old father has had a two-year long email correspondence with his old high school girlfriend. He writes to her at least once a day, sometimes more. He shares information about us kids…

KEY WEST, Fla (AP) — Feral chickens run free in Key West, just one of those things that keep the Southernmost City charmingly weird.  But what’s delightful here and there becomes a nuisance when they’re…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas teenager posted a video on social media showing the setting of a blaze that heavily damaged a Topeka mall in December, a court affidavit shows. A tip to provided…

The monthly meeting of the Prairie Dell 4-H Club took place remotely Jan. 4 via Zoom. Lord of the Rings, Fast & Furious and The Hunger Games were some of the answers for the roll…

WICHITA, Kansas — Spring break is canceled. Public universities in Kansas made the call early in the fall as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19. They reasoned that during a pandemic it’s just…

Ernestine “Tina” Cheney, age 91, Humboldt, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, at Neosho Memorial Regional Hospital in Chanute. Ernestine was born April 29, 1929, in Wetumka, Okla., to Bennie Taylor and Viola (Winston)…

The traffic light at the intersection of Buckeye Street and U.S. 54 will eventually go back up, the Iola City Council decided Monday night. Interim city administrator Corey Schinstock had said “the traffic signal is…

It’s too soon to know how the Iola district may spend its next round of federal pandemic relief money or a windfall from the wind farm.  Superintendent Stacey Fager told board members the district expects…

An 80-second stretch cost Iola High’s boys dearly Monday evening. The Mustangs were locked in a back-and-forth struggle when Burlington surged ahead late the third quarter. In the span of 1:20, the Wildcats scored on…

It’s been an all too familiar story for Iola High’s girls. The Fillies struggled out of the gate Monday, notching only a single field goal in each of the first two quarters against visiting Burlington.…