The first women’s NCAA basketball tournament allowed to employ the phrase “March Madness’’ will culminate in the first women’s Final Four held in Minneapolis since 1995. The first weekend of the women’s March Madness demonstrated…

HUMBOLDT — Saturday will be even busier than expected at Humboldt Speedway. Cold and damp conditions Thursday at the speedway pushed back the start of the Battle of the Bullring and King of America racing…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired possibly its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile toward the sea Thursday, according to its neighbors, raising the ante in a pressure campaign aimed at forcing the United States…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor exempted athletes and performers — including Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving — from the city’s vaccine mandate Thursday, while keeping in place the rule for countless other…

Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of the internet-popular short-video format, the GIF, has died. He was 74. His wife, Kathaleen, said Thursday in a phone interview that he died of COVID on March 14. Wilhite, who…

Iola Public Library Director Sharon Moreland recruited a little help to attract attention to the Library Littles Storytime session on Thursday afternoon.

Brett Willis soon will trade in his blue and gold for black and gold. The Iola High senior signed a letter of intent Wednesday to compete in track and field collegiately at Emporia State University…

The average family of four in Kansas could save at least $500 a year if the state ended its sales tax on groceries, according to Kansas Appleseed.  Gov. Laura Kelly addressed a group of more…

High commodity prices and especially the high cost of fertilizer prompted local farmers to shift their focus to wheat this year. That’s a trend likely to continue, with the war in Ukraine expected to deplete…

COLONY — Crest High School students learned a bit about kickstarting a business this week. Several business graphics students took part Tuesday in the first ever Anderson County Entrepreneurship Challenge. The students were tasked with…