A new data center coming to Iola isn’t even online yet, but Iola City Council members are looking at what may need to happen if the center expands. Council members approved Monday the purchase of…

The first general obligation bonds, totaling $9.995 million, will be sold in the coming weeks to fund a full-scale rebuild of U.S. 54 through Iola. Dave Arteberry of Stifel Financial explained to Iola City Council…

CHANUTE — Neosho County Attorney Tiana McElroy resigned abruptly from her post last week, the Chanute Tribune reported. The resignation announcement came after confronting county commissioners on a number of issues, including her salary. McElroy…

Sen. John Fetterman on Tuesday urged President Donald Trump “to immediately fire” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after federal agents killed two citizens in Minneapolis this month. “Americans have died,” Fetterman, D-Pa., said in a…

Denmark and Greenland’s leaders are in Berlin and Paris this week to shore up European backing after a framework deal with the U.S. paved the way for negotiations on the Arctic island. In Berlin, Mette…

Betty Jean Brownback, age 83, of Tonganoxie, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, after surgical complications. She was born Dec. 13, 1942 to Virl Harry Kimzey and Bertha May Patton in Moran, Kan.  In 1956,…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A lawyer for the immigration officer who shot and killed Renee Good dropped out of the Minnesota governor race Monday, breaking with many fellow Republicans and calling President Donald Trump’s immigration…

TOPEKA — A lawmaker’s personal grievances took center stage in a hearing over his proposed legislation to scrutinize communication from public schools about bond issues. Rep. Paul Waggoner, a Hutchinson Republican, said House Bill 2451 would strengthen…

TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids and U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt of Kansas expressed various shades of alarm about fatal shootings of U.S. citizens by federal agents taking part in an…

EUREKA — Humboldt sophomore Willow LaCrone may soon find her name in the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association rankings after taking first at the Eureka Women’s Invitational last Friday. LaCrone joined Iola junior Zoie Hesse and…