TOPEKA — The state’s efforts to plug abandoned wells are back on track after delays in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to project coordinators.  Ryan Hoffman, conservation division director with the Kansas Corporation…

Gloria Gean Ogle, age 81, of Iola, died on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at Allen County Regional Hospital.  She was born March 12, 1942, in Chanute, to David Lloyd Overbay and Leota Mae (Spence) Overbay.…

A new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, U.S. regulators announced Wednesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, or tirzepatide. The drug helped…

HUMBOLDT — When Humboldt High head coach Logan Wyrick reviewed film of the Cubs’ upcoming opponent in Sabetha, he saw a team loaded with size, speed and talent. What he didn’t see were many weaknesses.…

A crammed Iola High School gymnasium saw wrestlers from nine schools participate Tuesday in the Iola Middle School Invitational. Placing first in their respective weight classes were Iola’s Kevon Loving in the boys 127- to…

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel faced pressure from some of its closest allies Wednesday over the plight of civilians in Gaza, where thousands streamed on foot out of the enclave’s north because of…

TOPEKA — As opioid overdoses in Kansas show no sign of slowing down, officials have unrolled new funding to tackle school-level prevention initiatives and stock more homes with emergency overdose treatments.  The Kansas Fights Addiction…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted late Tuesday to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — the only Palestinian American in Congress — an extraordinary rebuke of her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war. The…

HUTCHINSON — Allen Community College responded well to an early rally by host Hutchinson Community College Tuesday. The Red Devils didn’t recover as smoothly following Hutch’s second and third outbursts. The deep and talented Blue…

SHEPHERD, TEXAS (AP) — A massive fire at a chemical plant in rural Texas on Wednesday sent a plume of black smoke into the sky as officials closed down a local highway and ordered residents…