Josh Hawley is calling for the head of the man he claims is responsible for the United States’ tragically inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, Missouri’s junior senator joined the chorus of GOP…

SAN DIEGO — When the last U.S. service member leaves Afghanistan, perhaps by early next month, America’s longest war on foreign soil will end — and so too a mission initially dubbed Operation Enduring Freedom.…

GARNETT – The Garnett Lions Club hosts its fourth Kansas Dual Sport Safari on June 18-19. The motorcycle event has grown in popularity as part of the “Trans America Trail,” a coast-to-coast route across America…

Karla Burns, age 66, of Wichita, died June 4, 2021. She was born Dec. 24, 1954, at Wichita. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 330 N. Broadway Avenue, Wichita.…

Austin Lawrence Gott, 26, died Thursday, May 27, in Iola. He was born June 30, 1994, in Chanute.  He served in the U.S. Army. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Sandra and Jamie…

After Bibi, can the Israel-Palestine peace process be resurrected? This is the $64 billion question, if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is formally ousted, which looks pretty certain. The conventional response is a resounding…

This year marks a milestone for the Iola Municipal Band as it celebrates its 150th anniversary. It’s the oldest performing band west of the Mississippi, according to remarks by percussionist John Sheehan at Thursday night’s…

The steel frame of the new Iola Elementary School began to emerge last week, as construction crews quickly catch up after a two-week rain delay on the project. The rapid progress in the past week…

“It was pretty bad … very, very fast water,” said Burlington police chief Doug Jones, who was on-scene Saturday evening following a boating accident on the Neosho River that claimed the lives of three people…

Iola’s Ryker Curry has already had an eventful summer on the baseball diamond. Curry, who recently completed his junior year at Iola High School, was invited to pitch over the weekend at an all-star baseball…