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The Sunflower Quilter’s Guild will meet Monday at the Humboldt United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth St., Humboldt. The board meets at 9:30 a.m. followed by the guild meeting at 10 a.m. Cynthia…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is playing host to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week amid growing strain between the countries over the president’s planned meeting with North Korean leader…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Health officials say a northeast Kansas measles outbreak that started in a day care has grown to 16 cases. Kansas Department of Health and Environment says 13 of the cases are…

Iola city employee Trent Rhodes is in a burn unit in Kansas City following an accident at his home Saturday. Rhodes was burned while cutting on a piece of metal, Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy…

Self-defense training was the theme of a six-hour workshop Saturday hosted by Hope Unlimited, an Iola-based organization that serves victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Above, Hope Unlimited’s Lori Holman performs a maneuver with Earnest…

Mike Jewell, who is legally blind, understands the importance of safe streets and sidewalks. After all, he’s been struck by a car seven times. He also remembers the time he tripped over stairs at Allen…

ELLSWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Under a new Kansas Department of Transportation program, “Lost to DUI” memorial signs will be placed along state and federal highways for victims of drunken driving accidents. The first memorial sign…

BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of 1,000-year-old silver coins, rings, pearls and bracelets linked to the era of Danish King Harald Gormsson have been found on the eastern German island of Rue-gen in the Baltic Sea.…

Iola Public Library Caia Paine takes an unlikely route to acceptance and a kind of peace after her 13-year-old son is killed by a car while skateboarding in “Redemption Song” by Tanya Anne Crosby. Her…

SCRANTON, Kan. (AP) — An Apple Watch may have helped save a Kansas woman’s life by alerting her to her rapid heartbeat. Heather Hendershot went to an urgent care clinic and then to Stormont Vail…