A Texas judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in three defamation lawsuits brought by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over…

Jeanie Richey, of Granby, Mo., formerly of Iola, and Randy Kappel of Noel, Mo., were united in marriage on Sept. 27, 2021 in Miami, Okla. The couple are at home in Granby.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday urged a federal judge to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas since early September and sent women racing…

WICHITA — Enrollment at Kansas colleges and universities fell again this fall, continuing a systemwide decline of more than 11% over the past five years. Kansas Board of Regents chairwoman Cheryl Harrison-Lee said in a…

Noah Gordon’s Communion Meditation reminisced about his grandparents selling their home. The grandkids came to realize it wasn’t the house that made the home, but his grandparents, who lived a life that was driven by…

Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Jarreth N. Anderson, Iola, domestic battery, $525, probation Cassondra E. Geisler, Iola, interference with law enforcement, $315, probation Gene W. Ruckman, Iola, pedestrian under the influence,…

Timothy Lee Hamilton, age 66, of Tampa, Fla., died on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021.  Timothy was born June 12, 1955 in Iola to James and Carol Hamilton. Survivors include his wife, Billie Jo Hamilton; daughters…

Deanna King Deanna E. King, age 70, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, at her home in Iola. Deanna was born Oct. 26, 1950, to Harold and Dona (Huppert) Erbert in Burlington, Colo. She married…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A stolen panel from a Native American art installation at the University of Kansas has been recovered, just weeks after other panels in the exhibit were vandalized, police said Thursday. The…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A decline in COVID-19 cases across the United States over the past several weeks has given overwhelmed hospitals some relief, but administrators are bracing for yet another possible surge as cold weather…