LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Dave Aranda should know how Kansas coach Lance Leipold must feel these days, getting thrown into a rebuilding job at a Division I school in the midst of a pandemic that…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Nevada has never made the pilgrimage to the plains to face Kansas State in football until this season. That doesn’t mean coach Jay Norvell doesn’t know what the Wolf Pack are…

WASHINGTON — The number of states with high obesity among residents has nearly doubled since 2018, according to new data Wednesday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 16 states that…

Margaret L. Ratliff, age 83, of Garnett, died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, at Residential Living Center, Garnett.  She was born April 10, 1938, in Jefferson, Iowa, to Harold and Margaret (Teausant) Brees.  She married Max…

Byron Lloyd Heckman, born Feb. 27, 1952, to parents Lloyd and Charlotte Heckman in Ozark, Ala., passed away peacefully at Saint Mark’s Hospital in Midvale, Utah, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, at the age of 69. …

If you go by the calendar, autumn doesn’t arrive for another week. Fortunately for Allen Community College’s women, this Autumn hasn’t had to wait that long to make her presence known. Autumn Wyatt, a sophomore…

Allen County, and Southeast Kansas in general, have some of the highest COVID cases and lowest vaccination rates in the state.  Allen County is now ranked near the bottom 10% of all counties in the…

Allen Community College’s white-hot starts were just enough Wednesday. The Red Devils scored twice in the opening minutes of the first half, and again 30 seconds after returning from intermission. The early bursts gave the…

Construction at the new Iola Elementary School at Kentucky and Monroe streets in high gear. Masonry work continues, with walls for the new gymnasium on the west end starting to take shape. Meanwhile, things are…

Four Wichita suspects face assorted burglary, theft and drug possession charges after they were caught with stolen catalytic converters. Sgt. Bob Droessler of the Iola Police Department explained the sequence of events that led to…