Remote learning students who are not keeping up with their peers will need to return to in-person classes, USD 257 board members decided Monday night. The board approved a policy that gives administrators discretion to…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — University of Notre Dame students are now subject to mandatory coronavirus testing with stricter penalties if they leave town before getting their test results after thousands of fans stormed the football field…

Myrlanne “Dusty” Smith was driving a Marmaton Valley-USD 256 school bus east of Mildred this morning, when she struck a calf that entered the roadway from a ditch. Smith, who had just started her route,…

Exploring career opportunities and curtailing COVID-19 were at the forefront of Monday night’s meeting of the Humboldt school board. Middle school counselor Darcie Croisant presented board members with an overview of the Career and Technical…

WICHITA — Charles Bell usually passes on voting. He’s a Democrat in a Republican state and said, “If I vote, it’s not going to count.” But after seeing Kansans elect a Democratic governor in 2018,…

TOPEKA — Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kansas surpassed 103,500 over the weekend as the state concluded a profound two-week period in which incidence of infection grew by nearly 25,000 and the number of people who…

LAHARPE — A dinner for area veterans Wednesday has been canceled because City Hall once again is closed to the public. City Hall was closed last week after city officials learned a resident inside city…

Janice Henegar, age 76, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. She was born June 25, 1940.  Janice is survived by her two sons, Roger and Greg Miller, with three grandchildren, Josh, Jocelyn and McCall Miller; her…

Aaron Hosley, age 94, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola. Aaron was born Aug. 3, 1926, to John Russell and LouAda (Blunt) Hosley in Kincaid. He graduated from…

Last summer’s graduation ceremony at the football stadium, forced outdoors because of the coronavirus pandemic, worked so well that administrators want to do it that way again.  Iola High School Principal Scott Carson said he…