Iola was stuck Thursday evening with “the most stubborn fire” Chief Chase Waggoner has ever encountered. Crews worked for several hours — from at least 6:15 p.m. until almost midnight — battling a commercial structure…

Humboldt’s Our Market is almost complete. The grocery store is slated to open in the coming weeks, said owner Scotty Welch. “End of the month or first of May,” he hopes, with an initial soft…

You might have heard about “ballot harvesting” recently. Kansas politicians are trying to restrict the practice, and some have linked it to baseless suggestions of election fraud in our state.  What is ballot harvesting anyway? …

PIQUA — Small groups of youngsters scoured here for Easter eggs over the weekend. And heffalumps. And woozles. While they didn’t seem to find any of the latter — even with their heffalump trap —…

More than 3,600 U.S. health care workers perished in the first year of the pandemic, according to “Lost on the Frontline,” a 12-month investigation by The Guardian and KHN to track such deaths. Lost on…

President Joe Biden’s massive American Jobs Plan is likely to come in two parts: a traditional transportation package as well as a domestic package that includes, among other priorities, universal prekindergarten. It’s is an education…

LA RUSSELL, Mo. (AP) — Local elections in April generally attract few voters but a small southwest Missouri town hit a new low this week when not one of its 70 residents cast a ballot.…

LONDON (AP) — World leaders and people on the street honored Prince Philip’s life of service to his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, and the British nation Friday after hearing of the death of a man…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Local officials agreed Thursday to provide temporary housing in hotel rooms for the homeless population in Kansas City, Missouri, following a months-long encampment on the lawn of City Hall. The…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — By Day 3 of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting bored. He’d watched a few seasons of “The Sopranos” and his eyes were…