How to respond to this pandemic has never been as simple as choosing to risk contracting COVID-19 or go out of business.  And the damage from those promoting this false dichotomy is that it works…

Like every other high school senior, Iola’s Nissa Fountain was denied a final season in her beloved spring sport of softball. But luckily for this senior, she will have four more years of softball to…

Mark Percy is still set to be a recipient of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame “Pride of Kansas” Award.  The Iola High head baseball coach was entering his final year at the helm this…

Simply put, I hate ticks. Having said that, ticks are a part of nature, albeit a frustrating one. I immensely enjoy traipsing the outdoors all times of the year, and particularly now that it’s warm…

The Chiefs’ first bit of bad news since Patrick Mahomes’ kneecap went sideways came when starting cornerback Bashaud Breeland was arrested Tuesday outside a South Carolina convenience store. The temptation is to gauge how much…

Clara Ann Bunnel-Hornstra, 72, was born Sept. 18, 1947 in Iola to Ralph and Evelyn (Neuenswander) Bunnel. She passed away April 16, 2020, from complications of a rare autoimmune disease at her home in Coburg,…

To appreciate a potential shimmering light ahead, let’s start with a baseline point of contrast: This week in the sad parade of events postponed or canceled amid the scourge of the COVD-19 coronavirus pandemic, another…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The spread of COVID-19 closed schools, ended sport seasons, canceled proms and all but rendered senior year celebrations kaput for the class of 2020. But one way or another, Kansas…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After spending two decades raising pigs to send to slaughterhouses, Dean Meyer now faces the mentally draining, physically difficult task of killing them even before they leave his northwest Iowa…

NBA team presidents met Thursday and emerged with belief that there are still ways to resume the season, and Dallas owner Mark Cuban also expressed optimism that the league will find a way out of…