NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball told its clubs that some are failing to provide acceptable work accommodations for female employees, calling them “embarrassingly below” standard. The May 20 memorandum from Michael Hill, the…

Charles Harley McVey, Jr., age 91, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2022, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.  Charles was born on April 3, 2022, to Charles Harley and Grace May (Bartlett) McVey who…

Barbara A. Foster Sherrill, age 87, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.  Barbara was born Aug. 3, 1934, to Loren and Maunita (Hines) Foster in Solomon. In 1952,…

Jack Leroy Farris II, 72, passed away on Oct. 6, 2021, after a long and courageous battle with esophageal cancer. Jack was born on June 8, 1949, to Jack Farris Sr. and Elsie Roush Farris,…

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 20 officers stood for about 45 minutes in the hallway outside the adjoining Texas classrooms where the gunman killed students and teachers this week before U.S. Border Patrol agents unlocked…

HUMBOLDT — A $2.1 million state transportation grant will allow Monarch Cement to build nearly 9,000 feet of railroad tracks and eliminate about 2,800 truckloads of deliveries each year.  Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Department…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Whit Merrifield drove in two runs with a double and scored on Bobby Witt Jr.’s double, as the Kansas City Royals rallied for three runs in the eighth inning and beat the…

Kwikom Communications of Iola was recently awarded just shy of $500,000 in matching funds to install 10 gigabit fiber optic cable in Paola.  Kwikom is one of 11 recipients awarded the funds which come from…

HOUSTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association began its annual convention in Houston amid protests Friday, three days after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school on the other side…

In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting this week, local therapists want children to know that they, too, are struggling to wrap their heads around the violence. “I tell my kids that even…