With hopes of tapping into a market of up to 83 million passengers, the world’s largest cruise company three years ago launched a new ship built specifically for Chinese vacationers. The Majestic Princess, operated by…

A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Iola Elementary School could come in April, as the project nears the end of the planning stage and gets ready to be let for bids, with demolition and the…

As the U.S. battles to limit the spread of the highly contagious new coronavirus, the number of health care workers ordered to self-quarantine because of potential exposure to an infected patient is rising at an…

Iolans will likely pay a lower late fee for past-due utility bills, and may get one free pass per year to get their services turned back on if they’re disconnected. In a wide-ranging discussion Monday,…

Friday has been declared as Sid Fleming Day in Iola, in honor of the outgoing city administrator. Fleming announced earlier this year his resignation, effective Friday. He will become the next city manager in Paola.…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt council members made two decisions of import Monday night First, they changed the city volunteer fire department protocols for giving assistance in fighting structure fires in rural areas. Such aid has been…

The unpredictability of the college basketball season has led to uncertainty as to which team is truly the nation’s best, and that has made for a murky race for national player of the year honors.…

HUMBOLDT — Kay Lewis, Humboldt superintendent of schools, said electrical work and heating, ventilation and air conditioning had been installed at the storm shelter under construction at the new sports complex on Georgia Road. Within…

SURPRISE, Ariz. — It’s tantamount to heresy to suggest in the big data baseball age, but there truly isn’t an adequate statistic that can measure the full impact Salvador Perez’s lost season had on the…

We walk the Earth’s crust, we erect vast cities, we boast of our achievements. We see ourselves as the mistresses and masters of our fate. Yet as John Lennon and other writers before him bluntly…