WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday responded to concerns from Republican lawmakers about spiking inflation by reiterating his view that current price increases will likely prove temporary. Consumer prices jumped 5%…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, for the first time, said Tuesday he will support long-debated changes to the military justice system that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders.…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s sole remaining pro-democracy newspaper will publish its last edition Thursday, forced to shut down after five editors and executives were arrested and millions of dollars in its assets were…

In our mind, we can rest easy from the COVID-19 pandemic when health authorities determine the number of infections is at a manageable point. We’re not there yet. In the past month, Kansas has logged…

It’s hot outside. How hot is it? Hot enough to make us rethink what it means to use energy during these warm months. Earlier this year, as Kansas suffered through a wave of freezing temperatures,…

Companies are leaving Hong Kong now that China has ramped up its oppression. Go figure. Ever since its transfer from the United Kingdom to China in 1997, Hong Kong has billed itself as a bridge…

In targeting America’s second Catholic president with a threat to deny Joe Biden the Eucharist over his abortion rights support, U.S. bishops risk deepening what is already a destructive rift among the nation’s Catholics. It…

WICHITA, Kansas — One thing the world learned during the pandemic is that school kids lose pace when Zoom replaces the classroom. “There has been some academic slide,” said Andi Giesen, assistant superintendent for learning…

LAHARPE — The Iola Amateur Radio Club will host its annual field day activities Friday and Saturday at the home of club president Gale Jeffers, 408 S. Broadway St. in LaHarpe. Field day is an…

Barbara Jean Perry, age 88, passed away Sunday, June 20, 2021, at Windsor Place in Iola.  Barbara was born Sept. 12, 1932, to Mitchell Milford and Getty Charlottie (Gragg) Bunker near Milford, Mo. Barbara married…