VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — A Maltese special operations team boarded a tanker today that had been hijacked by migrants rescued at sea and recaptured control of it before escorting it to a Maltese port. Italy’s…

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May was making a final push today to save her European Union withdrawal deal after her promise to step down gained the agreement some support but failed to…

Allen County Regional Hospital will pursue a possible lease with Saint Luke’s Health System. The board of trustees Tuesday signed a letter of intent to allow Saint Luke’s to review its facilities and operations, and…

On Monday, members of the board of directors of the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce issued a statement in support of David Toland’s confirmation as Secretary of Commerce. In a letter addressed to Sen. Julia…

Grievances generated by policy and personality clashes in a southeast Kansas community have spilled onto the statewide stage in the battle over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly?s nominee to head the state Department of Commerce. David…

A long-range master plan for USD 257 eventually could shift the Iola High School campus to the east side of Cottonwood Street, though that could be years away. The current school bond issue takes that…

Iola received more than $147,000 in sales tax revenues in January, a jaw-dropping 22 percent more than was collected over January 2018. City Clerk Roxanne Hutton received the first sales tax of 2019 Tuesday. Reports…

The good news for the Allen County Fair Association is that county commissioners heeded last week’s plea and voted to approve a $9,000 increase to the group’s annual budget. The bad news is that no…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — People as young as 18 would be allowed to carry concealed weapons under a bill that has advanced in the Kansas House. The Wichita Eagle reports that advocates rejected arguments Tuesday…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — More than 1 million private wells that supply drinking water in mostly rural parts of the Midwest could face the risk of contamination from floodwater, posing a health concern that could…