For 50 years, Mary Kay Heard gathered with her friends every week to play bridge. That tradition ended with the pandemic. But last week, after the CDC issued new guidance that those who were fully…

Utility bills are about to jump significantly for Iolans. Iola city officials announced Thursday they are bumping up electric charges associated with the bitterly cold temperatures that blanketed the area over a two-week stretch in…

Stormie Bush just made women’s history. Known locally as an assistant softball coach at ACC, she also has the distinction of having become the first female infantry non-commissioned officer in the Kansas Army National Guard.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. deaths from COVID-19 are falling again as the nation continues to recover from the devastating winter surge, a trend that experts are cautiously hopeful will accelerate as more vulnerable people…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is stockpiling tens of millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine whose approval in the U.S. remains uncertain, frustrating U.S. allies who say those doses should be used…

Glenn Eric Wray of Fort Scott passed away Monday, March 8, 2021, at the Kansas City Hospice House after a battle with Stage IV lung cancer. Eric was born to Maurice and Dorothy Wray on…

It isn’t taking long for Iola High’s tennis team to find its groove. Now, head coach Chris Belknap just needs to instruct his squad on how tiebreakers work. The Mustangs’ No. 1 doubles team of…

Invariably, when Iola High’s Landon Carson and Becca Sprague drew the focus of opposing defenses each time they stepped on the basketball court this season. That each still managed to perform as well as they…

It played out like one of those disaster movies in which the threat is first noticed on a TV news report in the background. The main characters mostly ignore the danger and continue on with…