Dear Dr. Roach: I am a nonsmoking woman living with a smoker. He smoked cigarettes outside. Now he is vaping, but inside. How dangerous is secondhand vape smoke? I am having a problem finding any…

The Prairie Rose 4-H Club meeting was called to order by President Zoi Yoho on April 5 via Zoom.   Sophia Heim, song leader, led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H…

Dear Carolyn: I’m in my late 20s, and my parents are going through a nasty, drawn-out divorce. A new couple moved in next door to them and my dad and the wife fell for each…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s signature will appear on the $1,200 checks being mailed to low- and middle-income households in the coming weeks, according to two officials familiar with the decision. Typically, a civil servant’s…

Nobel Laureate Peter Medawar once defined a virus as “a piece of bad news wrapped up in protein.” He wrote in 1983 that “no virus is known to do good.” The key to stopping the…

Even without the stay-at-home requirements of the coronavirus pandemic, Iola native Eric Heffern would have found himself in isolation right now. That’s because he’s holed up studying for his first board exam as he finishes…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales plummeted 8.7% in March, a record drop as the viral outbreak closed down thousands of stores and shoppers stayed home.  Sales fell sharply across many categories: Auto sales dropped…

Tuesday, Allen County commissioners voted to give $500 to three area food banks and left the door open for donating to other banks/pantries as well. “The food pantries have been hit fairly hard, and a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he’s open to some states “reopening” before federal social distancing guidelines expire at the end of month, as he appeared to back off his claim of absolute authority…

From a fourth consecutive appearance at the state cross country meet, to a concussion that kept him from playing basketball this winter, and now a fast-spreading virus that has shut the doors on his tennis…