TOPEKA — Fear that federal funding cuts will mean loved ones won’t receive nutritional food and safety checks through Meals on Wheels is driving an increase of calls to agencies across Kansas. “It’s scary,” said…

In an evening that swerved from hilarious to terrifying, Iola High School’s forensics showcase Monday evening was, if nothing else, emotionally riveting. Over the course of two hours, 14 of the team’s 16 state qualifiers…

 It’s taken nearly four years for organizers to raise more than $52,000 to go toward construction of a splash park in Iola. But much more is needed. Now, organizers are appealing to the Iola City…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, the White House said, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow’s laboratory desk. On an April afternoon, the scientist hovered over tiny…

TORONTO (AP) — Canadians voted Monday on whether to extend the Liberal Party’s decade in power by picking new Prime Minister Mark Carney or hand control to the opposition Conservatives and their populist leader Pierre…

Iola High School prom-goers didn’t let a few showers rain on anybody’s parade Saturday, as organizers moved the Grand March indoors.  View the full gallery and purchase photos on SmugMug.com

It’s a conversation Tom Strickler will always remember. “I was at the fair when Bill Mentzer came up and asked me, ‘Well, what are you going to do when you graduate?’” Strickler was a senior…

For 19-year-old Ja’Mya Garland, selecting Allen Community College was a natural choice. “It reminded me of home,” she said. Garland, a freshman majoring in pre-veterinary medicine, grew up in the small southern Arkansas town of…

“Rural School Life,” is the topic of Saturday’s spring meeting of the Allen County Historical Society. The program includes six panel members who will discuss their unique experiences of attending the county’s one-room school houses…