Lonnie Dale Sprague, age 71, of Kincaid, Kansas, passed away Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. Lonnie was born Nov. 15, 1954, in Iola, Kansas, the first of three children born to Dale and Fern (Huggins) Sprague.…

Samantha Joe LeGrande, 42, of Iola, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Iowa City, Iowa. Samantha was born Feb. 22, 1983, in Port Lavaca, Texas, to Debra LeGrande and George LeGrande. Samantha…

James Michael Ronen, 88, passed away peacefully on Dec. 20, 2025, at Clarendale at Indian Lake Assisted Living in Hendersonville, Tenn. He was a former longtime resident of St. John, Kan. He was born in…

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, one of three grandchildren of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 35. Schlossberg, daughter of Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, revealed she had terminal cancer…

DENVER (AP) — Young gymnasts and their parents started raising red flags about a coach as far back as 2017 — the same year a watchdog agency was created in the wake of the Larry…

We’re once again approaching the annual resetting of the Doomsday Clock. Last January, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a group of very smart people, moved the hands of their…

No. 1 Indiana spent several December weeks reveling in the luster of the best season in school history. They sung the school’s fight song in the confetti celebration following their first Big Ten championship since…

Bill Murphy has been an Indiana football season ticket holder for 66 years. He says he has rarely missed a game even though 55 of them have been losing seasons in a historic stretch of…

Former Ravens greats Terrell Suggs and Marshal Yanda are among the 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026. It marks the second straight year each has reached the doorstep of…

Iola High School may be on the path of a foundational change for both boys and girls programs, though the sub-state tournament will not be easy. The teams will participate in the 3A West Franklin…