Tobacco stolen Officers were told Sunday that an unknown male left Pump N. Pete’s at 205 S. State St., without paying for tobacco products. Sign hit Stephanie A. Vest was eastbound on Miller Road the…

Learn about how to keep you and your family during extreme weather at Monday’s “Storm Fury on the Plains,” at 6:30 p.m. in the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Center. The program is free…

Iola Area Chamber of Commerce supporters and staff braved foul weather Tuesday morning to celebrate Clock Tower Mercantile’s new location at 3 N. Jefferson, Iola. Owner Angie Rourk and business partner Starla Shields will host…

Walter Glenn Kuykendall passed away surrounded by his wife and children on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Walter, known as Walt to his friends and family, was born Dec. 23,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched a trade war Tuesday against America’s three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation from Mexico, Canada and China and sending financial markets into a tailspin as the U.S. faced the threat of…

Israel is giving Hamas “several days” to rethink terms for a new Gaza ceasefire, raising the prospect of further pressure tactics or a resumption of war. A six-week truce expired on Sunday with the sides…

The immigrant detainee, a client of Rekha Sharma-Crawford, would have to be moved. Chase County Detention Center was full. Located in Cottonwood Falls, it’s the largest detainee holding center in the region contracting with U.S.…

Iola High School’s forensics team has had an active season with several earning top places in their respective competitive speaking and acting pieces. Saturday’s competition was the team’s most successful venture yet, with Iola taking…

For many years, while China strategically secured minerals from around the world, the United States rarely used foreign policy to obtain the minerals it needs. That has finally changed — and dramatically so.  Within the…

“This is one of the rudest audiences I’ve ever encountered,” said Sen. Roger Marshall in, of all places, Oakley, Kan. Primarily elderly veterans and farmers attended the Saturday morning forum. And no, as Marshall’s staff…