MORAN — A mystery is afoot in the halls of Marmaton Valley High School. Artemus Ward, a wealthy owner and publisher of Ward Books, has been murdered, and there are plenty of potential suspects with…

TOPEKA — Kansas Sen. Mary Ware announced her retirement from the state Senate on Thursday, leaving open a Wichita-area seat ahead of the 2026 legislative session. Ware, a Democrat, did not cite a reason, and…

An average 15-pound turkey could cost around $30 this Thanksgiving, according to an analysis from Purdue University. That’s a 75% price increase since October 2024 — a reversal from the relatively low prices of previous…

LAWRENCE — Government, university and community leaders commemorated the opening Wednesday of a state-of-the-art convention center at the University of Kansas, which is equipped with amenities meant to draw thousands of annual visitors and generate…

While aging is inevitable, it doesn’t have to be painful. That was the message at Tuesday’s Lunch and Learn at the Iola Public Library where health care providers urged women over 50 to challenge the…

MILDRED — Dustin E. Vanatta, Humboldt, was killed after deputies said he was hit by a train Wednesday morning. According to the Allen County Sheriff’s Department, Vanatta apparently parked his vehicle about 50 yards east…

With several big-ticket items looming on the radar, Allen Community College trustees pulled the trigger on a handful of major capital projects Tuesday. The biggest — replacing the roof of the main Iola campus building…

At a recent community conversation in Iola, attendees noted they’d like to see greater collaboration among the various governing bodies who make the day-to-day decisions for the community. Becky Nilges was listening. Nilges, chairwoman of…

TOPEKA — Texas businessman Brad Heppner’s insistence on construction of a grandiose $20 million grocery store in Hesston proved too complicated for the project to get off the ground before the unsealing of an indictment…

Iola High School’s “Honk, Jr.” is dedicated to the kids picked last for a football game, the ones who bring weird foods for lunch, the teenagers who lose sight of who they are as they…