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TOPEKA — State officials answered a key question this week underpinning the complex financing of the Kansas City Chiefs stadium, outlining boundaries of a district that will use local sales taxes and revenue to fund…

Iola officials will take a “macro” look at the city’s electric rates and meter fees, as demands increase for such things as city recreation programs and amenities like the new splash park. Tuesday’s City Council…

NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers showed their willingness to spend in September even after a better-than-expected splurge in August. But a big chunk of their purchases last month went toward paying the bills at the…

Dirt work on Allen County Airport’s extended taxiway is largely complete, Airport Manager Robert Poydack said Thursday. Soggy conditions have suspended work until Monday, but Poydack said crews with Smoky Hills Construction of Salina will…

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and counterparts from three other states announced plans Wednesday to sue OpenAI in state courts, alleging ChatGPT harmed children and violated each state’s consumer fraud act. Bird was joined by…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery Thursday, abandoning a brief truce involving energy-related targets that it said Moscow did not heed, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by…

A federal judge has extended an order blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from banning reporters for three news outlets from the White House, broadening his support for the journalists by arguing that the restriction violates…

For over a century, New Klein Lumber has helped build Iola, one project at a time. The Eisenbart family has been part of that history for 66 years, and brothers Steve and Bill Eisenbart have…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic challenge just a few weeks before midterm elections that…