Kansas Sen. Jeff King figures he agrees with Gov. Sam Brownback “on 90, maybe 95 percent of the issues.”The most noteworthy difference in the 2011 legislative session was spurred by Brownback’s plans to cut state…

While the curtain has barely fallen on the 2011 State Legislature, Sen. Jeff King already has an eye on 2012 and beyond.King, who represents all of Allen County as part of the state’s 15th Senate…

Mary Frances Thummel, 80, of Iola died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.She was born Jan. 31, 1931, in Piqua, to Bernard and Julia (Ulrich) Konen. She grew up…

John and Jeni (Bain) Stranghoner, Iola, announce the birth of a daughter, Hadlee Nickole, born May 15, 2011, at Allen County Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 15.9 ounces and was 19 inches long. She joins…

It is important, Gov. Sam Brownback said, to promote tourism in the Flint Hills, therefore I have more than doubled the area in central Kansas which is off-limits for wind farms.It’s the “therefore” in that…

A presidential candidate can’t think like an analyst or a college professor, Newt Gingrich said a day or two ago, because those folks can say what they think.This perceptive comment came after Gingrich said what…

YATES CENTER — It was No. 1 seed against No. 2 seed just like it should work out in a regional baseball tournament final.Humboldt High’s Cubs, seeded No. 2, had sailed through their semifinal game…

GAS — The concept of organic gardening has been around for centuries.“Our forefathers didn’t use chemicals in their fields, and Native Americans knew that if they combined the planting of corn and beans the crops…

A “senior prank” could lead to some trouble at Iola High School.Iola police said somebody broke into the school overnight Monday, spreading birdseed throughout the building, stacking tables and taking a Chanute sign from the…

Local real estate agents John Brocker and Kent Thompson and Ivor “Nobby” Davis, the new mayor of Humboldt and proprietor of Opie’s Family Restaurant in Chanute, were selected Wednesday afternoon to appraise Eldon Strickler’s land…