Seven Illinois counties voted in November 2024 to explore seceding from the state of Illinois. Now, Indiana lawmakers want to capitalize on their dissatisfaction. Indiana’s House speaker, Republican Todd Huston, wants to adopt those counties…

Iola High School has released its honor roll for the first semester. Students earning a “D” or an “F” are disqualified from the honor roll. The honor roll is divided into three sections. All A’s…

Kansas communities in the last two years have requested more than $600 million for water needs, stunning state officials as they work to allocate funds to a fraction of the projects. Dawn Buehler, chair of…

Area students qualifying for the All A or Dean’s Honor Roll at Pittsburg State University for the fall 2024 semester include: From Colony: Anna Hermreck, a junior majoring in early childhood education, All A Scholastic…

TOPEKA — Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day came early in Kansas, beginning on his birthday with a march, a formal proclamation and words honoring the beloved civil rights figure. The Jan. 16 event,…

CHANUTE — Authorities are investigating a possible explosion at a Chanute home. The Chanute Fire Department issued a press release about what they termed “a possible explosion” just after 4 p.m. Monday in the 600…

Attorneys general from 18 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a decades-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status. Trump’s…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast left New Orleans and Houston frozen Tuesday, closing highways, grounding nearly all flights and canceling school for millions of…

WASHINGTON — It’s official: There’s now a Department of Government Efficiency and it reports directly up to Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff. Trump late Monday issued an executive order — one of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump began erasing Joe Biden’s legacy immediately after taking office as the nation’s 47th president, pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,…