An Iola fifth-grade athlete is taking the local track and field community by storm after qualifying for the Junior Olympics nationals in discus and shotput. After just over a year of competing, 12-year-old Brady Thomas…

For nearly a century, the Supreme Court has made it difficult for a president to defy the clear text of a law passed by Congress. The court prevented Franklin D. Roosevelt from firing a leader…

Russia’s bloody, brutal and seemingly endless war on Ukraine has confused the world with its baffling momentum swings and surprising surges and countersurges. This murky and dispiriting conflict has been made more complex by the…

James V. Coleman III died Thursday, June 25, 2026, at his home. James was born July 20, 1960, to James Coleman, Jr. and Joan (Fruit) Coleman at Olathe Community Hospital. Jim and Karen (Alexander) Hillbrant…

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Three firefighters killed over the weekend in a wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border were trying to shield themselves from flames by deploying tent-like shelters when they were overcome, authorities said.…

TOPEKA — Pivotal court cases challenging laws that have altered the lives of transgender Kansans are approaching turning points, as one moves to a higher court and two others face consolidation. A case from a…

Bret Heim of Moran, who has worked as an attorney in the Iola area for the past 30 years, will be the next Allen County Magistrate Judge. Heim’s appointment was announced Monday by the 31st…

After two years of cleaning up their family’s property north of Iola, the descendants of the late Marvin Boyer have taken huge steps in restoring the grounds to their previous splendor. Siblings Karlea, Cassandra and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally…

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. disclosed Tuesday that he was being treated for depression during his unexplained four-month absence from the House, suggesting in a brief floor speech that he…