WASHINGTON (AP) — Two major law firms are expected to ask separate judges on Wednesday to permanently block President Donald Trump’s executive orders that were designed to punish them and hurt their business operations. The…

Iola’s batmobile is back. Ryan Maddox has the 1959 Chrysler Saratoga looking awfully pretty for Iola High School’s Grand March before prom this Saturday.  IHS seniors Lucas Maier and Reese Curry have the honor of…

While Allen County’s Planning and Zoning Board is closing in on finalizing regulations for a proposed battery energy storage system (BESS), the potential project itself is on hold. The company behind the proposal, Mission Clean…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to remove their children from elementary school classes whose storybooks may include LGBTQ characters. The case…

TOPEKA — Stark disagreements on the future of Evergy’s proposal to build two new natural gas plants in Kansas surfaced Monday during opening statements at the beginning of three days of Kansas Corporation Commission hearings.…

TOPEKA — Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced Tuesday the Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded $758,250 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to Burlingame, Lyon County and Overbrook. According to…

ROME — The funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, as the Church prepares to lay the late pope…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a district court by declaring separate husband-and-wife annuities created to settle legal claims after a man was catastrophically injured in an explosion must be considered marital property in…

Rookie’s in Iola has been abuzz with activity this week as Iola Preschool classes learned the basics of making pizza. The students were given carte blanche to create their own pizzas (as long as the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers, officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are…