Kendra Ruth Hanson passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021, in Columbia, Mo. She was born Feb. 23, 1975, in Iola, and graduated from Iola High School in 1993 having excelled in theater and vocal music. …

Hello, Carolyn: I have two close friends getting married — I’ll be in one of the weddings. From the past few years, I have learned that I get very depressed and down on myself during…

Like Prince Hamlet and his friends, when last in Elsinore I, too, saw a ghost. It wasn’t atop the ramparts of an ornate castle in Denmark, however, but near the banks of Big Creek in…

In the mood for a historical adventure? Look no further than the Allen County Historical Society and Iola Area Chamber of Commerce. The joint venture is a scavenger hunt for Allen County businesses, most of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday pledged swift work by Congress on a job and infrastructure package that will be “fiscally sound,” but said she isn’t sure whether the next major item…

Harry Styles opened the show. Trevor Noah served as host. And only three of the two dozen performers were older than 40. The 63rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday strove to serve as a course…

NEW YORK CITY — In early October, Kris Kobach, Kansas’ former Secretary of State, and Daniel Drake, a Wichita-based venture capitalist-turned-CEO, made a sales pitch to Kansas legislators. The duo wheeled in what looked to…

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Reluctance among certain parts of the population to receiving a vaccine is one of the biggest risks to coronavirus control efforts, said President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser. “I just don’t get…

CHANUTE — Persistent rains that deluged southeast Kansas through the weekend also put the kibosh on a four-game series between Allen Community College and Neosho County Community College’s baseball teams. The squads originally were slated…

The 68 teams whose names popped up in the March Madness bracket only thought it was time to celebrate: The next four or five days figure to be the most nerve-wracking part of their seasons.…