Iola’s swim team hosted squads from Chanute and Humboldt to open the 2024 season under spectacular weather conditions. Iola’s and Humboldt’s results follow: Girls 6 and under 25-yd backstroke — 4. Marin Coffield, 58.11; 6.…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated…