TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court waded through more than a decade of complex procedural history and an enormous evidentiary record Friday to reverse the Kansas Court of Appeals by answering a simple-sounding question of…

They must be scripting this stuff, right? Two of college football’s most powerful coaches go at each other this week like they’d sat down in advance and thought it all through. Is the Southeastern Conference…

KYIV, Ukraine — With its grip tightened along the southern coast, Russia redoubled its assault on Ukraine’s Donbas region Friday, turning parts of the country’s eastern industrial heartland into “hell,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. At…

LOS ANGELES — The most interesting basketball game in Atlanta on a Friday night in March wasn’t the one played in the city’s downtown NBA arena. It was happening three miles north, between six-figure-earning teenagers…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court issued a 101-page disciplinary opinion Friday disbarring former Shawnee County prosecutor Jacqie Spradling for a pattern of unethical conduct resulting in “significant prejudice” against the accused. Spradling is a…

Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Trevionne R. Archangel, Jeanrette, La., no valid driver’s license, failure to report an accident, $4,484.53 Tammy M. Cary, Iola, expired tag, $195 Anthony L. Cooper, Iola, disorderly conduct, $195…

Marmaton Valley High School’s art program is to receive a $600 gift from Marmaton Lodge No. 245 members at their meeting on Thursday, May 23. Lodge members teamed up with the Kansas Masonic Foundation to…

What might you expect if you went to the Iola Senior Citizens thrift store at 223 N. State Street? You could expect to meet volunteers that are friendly and ready to help you find things…

All “A” Honor Roll 8th grade: Taevyn Baylor, Josey Ellis, Darryl Farrill, Ricklyn Hillmon, Skylar Hottenstein, Mark McCullough, Victoria Melendez, Emma Morgan, Jayli Reno, Mason Sterling 7th grade: Collin Cook, Karoline Covey, Kamry DeLaTorre, Rylee…

Bruce Symes gave the Communion Meditation at the Colony Christian Church, remembering an article he had once read about a man who had raped and murdered a woman. The woman’s dad hated the man, and…