Right now, local pastures are a tinderbox. Hence emergency management director Jason Trego said that due to high winds, the threat of grassland fires on Tuesday was an “extreme danger,” and today the danger is…

More options are available for those who qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine.  Beginning last week, the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas began receiving thousands of doses to administer across its 19 clinics, including the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is poised to approve a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, placing President Joe Biden on the cusp of an early triumph that advances Democratic priorities and showcases the unity his…

TOPEKA — After 412 days of monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic, Kansas health secretary Lee Norman is still “harping,” as he puts it, on the importance of keeping yourself safe. Yes, things are getting better, he…

As members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group shouldered their way through the mob and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, their plans for Jan. 6 were clear, authorities say. “Arrest this assembly, we…

As adults in the United States continue to line up for their COVID-19 vaccines, children and teens have largely been kept out of the queue. That could soon change. The nation’s top infectious diseases expert…

Dear Carolyn: My mother-in-law is 75 and in great shape, yay. She’s also a fat-shamer, harping endlessly on diet and exercise — at least once a day, every day when we visit — and saying…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday signed into law legislation banning nearly all abortions in the state, a sweeping measure that supporters hope will force the U.S. Supreme Court to…

Clifford L. Muntzert, age 82, passed away Sunday, March 7, 2021 at his home in Iola.  Clifford was born Nov. 16, 1938, near Moran. He was the son of Fred and Ida (Smoot) Muntzert. He…

Craig Corbet, 68, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 1, 2021, at his home in Iola.  He was born in Hiawatha, the son of Murl and Dolores (Smith) Corbet, on July 19, 1952. The family lived…