Just call it Texit – with some Sooner separation for good measure. Texas and Oklahoma effectively served notice Monday to the Big 12, setting the stage for SEC membership and dealing a major blow to…

Iola is not ready to pull the trigger on buying its next fire truck. City Council members held another extensive discussion on the matter Monday before voting down Fire Chief Chase Waggoner’s recommendation to purchase…

TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles came into the Olympics as perhaps the biggest star of the Games. Naomi Osaka was such a big headline act that she was given the honor to light the Olympic…

Dozens of young stars and starlets are preparing to take to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center stage this week to cap their two week Children’s Summer Theatre Workshop. The students have been gathering since July…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are launching their investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection today with a focus on the law enforcement officers who were attacked and beaten as the rioters broke into the building…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States served notice Monday that it will keep existing COVID-19 restrictions on international travel in place for now due to concerns about the surging infection rate  because of the delta…

Moderna Inc. said it would expand an ongoing trial of its coronavirus vaccine in children under 12 years old to gather more safety data amid worries that messenger RNA shots may trigger rare heart side…

Kansas has managed to travel backward in pandemic time. Suddenly it’s February again. Except this time, the state faces a version of COVID-19 that’s twice as contagious. The delta variant is plowing through a lightly…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A retired University of Kansas professor received Poland’s Medal of Valor this weekend more than 75 years after he fought with the Polish resistance against the occupying forces of Nazi Germany…

Justin Dewey Powel, of Moran, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2021. He was born August 4, 1978, to Kandy Womelsdorf and Greg Powel. Justin had many family and friends that he loved. He is preceded…