Patrick Mahomes practiced with the Kansas City Chiefs Wednesday, but his status for Sunday’s AFC Championship contest against Buffalo remains uncertain. Team officials reported Wednesday Mahomes was practicing with the first team, but remained in…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents voted to endorse a two-year policy making it easier for state universities to suspend, dismiss or terminate employees, including tenured faculty members, without initiating the process of formally…

James Wilbern Colgin, 54, passed away Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. He was born April 25,1966, to Wilbern and Delma in Iola.  James was a member of the First Baptist Church of Belle Plaine.  He was…

Susan M. Young, age 70, passed away Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Susan was born May 4, 1950, to Max P. and Wilberta L. (Ludlum) Morrison in Iola.…

John Anton Fursman, Jr., age 99, of Colony, passed away Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at Garnett.  Mr. Fursman was born at the home of his grandparents Erastus Dayton Himes and Emily Thomas Himes on Pasadena…

Dear Carolyn: For some reason, my loud, raucous, extended family all like to poke fun at the expense of my sweet, shy, quiet husband. I don’t know why he’s singled out, but every time he…

FAIR HAVEN, Vt. (AP) — A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor have helped raise money to renovate a Vermont community playground. The oddball idea of pet mayor elections to raise money…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, summoning American resilience to confront a historic confluence of crises and urging people to come together to…

Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris. SpeakerPelosi, Leader Schumer, McConnell, Vice President Pence, my distinguished guests and my fellow Americans, this is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day of history and hope of…

MORAN — Iola High’s Mustangs kicked off tournament week with a bang Tuesday. A 52-4 run starting midway through the first quarter showed just how potent the Mustangs can be when they ramp up their…