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Rep. Kent Thompson said he expects Medicaid to be expanded in Kansas come 2019. If so, much-needed funds would come our way to help our poor and elderly pay for health-related services. How much, is…

The schedule for construction of new ambulance stations in Moran and Humboldt has accelerated. Commissioner Bill King said Tuesday morning land was offered for a station in Moran. King said in a tour of the…

Darrin Petrowsky, local KDOT engineer, told commissioners Tuesday morning the second phase of U.S. 169’s rebuild, about 2.6 miles between Hawaii and Delaware roads east of Humboldt, should be completed in April. “I don’t know…

SAFE BASE, USD 257’s after-school program, rang in the holiday season with style Tuesday, with its “Nutcracker”-themed Blue Plate Special.  The evening’s festivities included a number of songs from “The Nutcracker Prince,” performed by students…

Chloe Hageman, a senior at Iola High School, signed a letter of intent Dec. 6 to dance and cheer for the Allen Community College Red Devils Spirit Program and Firestarters Dance Team. She is the…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Iolan Anthony E. Wickey for suspicion of trespassing Dec. 11 in the 1500 block of East Monroe Street.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Federal regulators have proposed fining Kansas’ only nuclear power plant $232,000 over what regulators say was retaliation against an employee reporting a possible safety issue. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced Tuesday…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge who described himself as disgusted by Michael Flynn’s behavior upended a straightforward sentencing hearing, postponing punishment for President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser and telling him in a…

BERLIN (AP) — Plastic knives just won’t cut it any longer, if the European Union has its way. The 28-nation bloc moved closer today to banning single-use straws, plates, cutlery and cotton swabs after officials…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration followed through Tuesday on the president’s promise to ban so-called bump stocks, even as a new school safety report disappointed advocates who hoped the administration would consider additional gun control…