The Iola Mustangs dropped their homecoming football game to Burlington on Friday, 20-18. Even with the defeat, the Mustangs may have found a second-half identity. Iola outscored the Wildcats 18-7 in the second half. Last…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made her first appearance on the Supreme Court bench in a brief courtroom ceremony Friday, three days before the start of the high court’s new term. President Joe…

“Sky Watch,” presented by local astronomer Mike Myer, Humboldt, highlights next week’s programs at the library, starting at 7 p.m. Thursday. With the moon nearly full, Jupiter and Saturn are now in great position to…

Each year the Trunk or Treat is bigger and better than ever. Last year, an estimated 1,100 children participated. This year we will be backing trunks up to the inside of the square so trick-or-treaters…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of sabotaging Russia-built natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany, a charge vehemently denied by the United States and its…

TOPEKA — Enrollment at state universities, community colleges and technical colleges in Kansas this fall semester dwindled 1% to accentuate a five-year decline in student headcount of more than 9%, officials said Thursday. The Kansas…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Hurricane Ian made another landfall Friday, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Ian’s center came…

Charlotte “Charlie” Belle Townsend, 92, retired farmer, died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, surrounded by her family at her daughter’s home. A memorial service and a celebration of life is planned for Nov. 26, 2022 in…

Ivan Dale “Bubba” Goins, 63, of Colony, passed away on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at his home. Dale was born on Sept. 1, 1959, in Garnett. He was the second of three children born to…

The City of Iola Water Treatment Plant will conduct the annual free chlorine burnout of the distribution system.  The burnout will begin Oct. 5 and will last three to four weeks. The burnout consists of…