TOPEKA — While COVID-19 case numbers are beginning to decline in Kansas hospitals, officials are issuing a warning to stay vigilant and follow the pillars of infection prevention. Hospital administrators reported on a University of…

CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Nearly 60,000 bees have been stolen from a grocery store company’s field in Pennsylvania, the company said. The bees were said to be stolen in Carlisle between Jan. 28 and Jan.…

ACC’s baseball team was swept by Pratt Community College in a doubleheader Wednesday. The Beavers won the first game 1-0 and the second game 8-6. The first was a classic pitchers’ duel. Allen County’s Sawyer…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball and its locked-out players agreed to resume negotiations Saturday after an 11-day break. The session in New York will follow three days of owners’ meetings in Orlando that…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua scored 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting as No. 10 Baylor beat Kansas State 75-60 on Wednesday night. James Akinjo added 15 points for the balanced Bears (20-4, 8-3…

BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen soared effortlessly and nearly perfectly five times during his “Rocketman” performance. When his skates touched down for the final time in a historic arena in Beijing, he was an Olympic…

Iola High School’s girls basketball team fought tooth and nail Tuesday against Prairie View, but after digging a hole, it was too little too late for the Mustangs. The Buffalos won 39-37. Both teams struggled…

Some U.S. governors are taking broad steps to discontinue school masking, saying the pandemic precaution is outweighed by widespread vaccination, lower transmission and the need for unimpeded instruction. Governor Ned Lamont late Monday recommended that…

One night after a hard loss to Wellsville, Iola High School’s boys basketball got back in the win column on Tuesday, dominating Prairie View 67-53. Three Mustangs, Eli Adams, Landon Weide, and Tyler Boeken scored…

Wendy Rachelle “Shelly” McMurray, 61, passed away Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at Salina Regional Hospital. Shelly was born Aug. 22, 1960, in Iola, to Ralph James and Wilma Nadine (Boese) Reeder, Jr.  On Sept. 25,…