An overnight storm that swept through Allen County caused property damage and a power outage north of Moran near the JV Wagner and Bob Sager farmsteads along U.S. 59. On top of the ferocious wind,…

A vehicle drove through a large window at the front of Twin Motors Ford, 2501 N. State St., and struck a person inside on Monday morning. The person who was injured was able to walk…

A powerful storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest Wednesday evening, leaving much of eastern Allen County without power well into the wee hours this morning. Power remained out in Moran this morning…

COWETA, Okla. (AP) — Several reported tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma late Sunday into early Monday morning, causing damage but no immediate word of deaths or injuries. The severe weather system also brought heavy rain, lightning…

Criminal damage to property charges are pending against a suspect who drove onto the football field at Iola’s Riverside Park sometime late Friday or early Saturday. The damage occurred sometime after the Iola High Mustangs…

Permanent repairs to the Pete’s convenience store at 709 N. State St. will be discussed this week, after a truck rammed into the store and caused significant structural damage. The vehicle struck the store around…

Federal agencies are bolstering arsenals of tear gas, sponge-tipped bullets and other crowd-control gear after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agents to assume new policing powers in cities to quell protests that he said threatened…

LIBERTY, Miss. (AP) — A curious dog got hold of a fiber optic cable that ran between county buildings in Mississippi, chewing it to pieces and costing county officials thousands of dollars in an attempt…

BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut —stunned, sleepless and stoic — emerged Wednesday from the aftermath of a catastrophic explosion searching for missing relatives, bandaging their wounds and retrieving what’s left of their homes. The…

Mike Boeken (in loader) and Chad Beasley were among the Iola city crews retrieving piles of fallen limbs as part of a citywide cleanup effort following Sunday morning’s storm that caused extensive tree damage through…