The Kansas Department of Transportation says the structural integrity of the Quincy-Polk Interstate 70 viaduct is sound after a 60-foot portion of the concrete barrier collapsed earlier this month. Thankfully, no one was hurt and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence slipped to its lowest level in 16 months as persistent inflation and rising interest rates have Americans as pessimistic as they’ve been about the future in almost a decade.…

MENDON, Mo. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more as rail cars…

Iola City Council members showed support for Max Grundy’s proposal to convert the Elm Street water tower into an Airbnb, but he’ll have to bid in order to get the property. Council members voted  Monday…

Students in the Iola school district will be able to get health care at school next year.  On a split 4-3 vote, the USD 257 board approved a plan with Community Health Center of Southeast…

The U.S. Supreme Court — untethered to facts, precedent, the law or the Constitution — has declared all American women second-class citizens, unprotected by the nation’s founding documents. Voting 6-3, the Court discarded Roe v.…

Iola and Allen County should be investing more in economic development, City Administrator Matt Rehder said Monday. Rehder proposed to Iola City Council members the city increase its annual economic development investment from $20,000 to…

Bitty Ball League Sonic Drive-In 5, Personal Service Insurance 4. Hits for Sonic: Cayton Bennett, 2 s; Jonas Mueller, s; Brady Thomas, s; Lyam Young, s; Colt George, s; Bentley Pratt, s, d; Jase Michael,…

Two members of Allen Community College’s women’s basketball team will take their talents to four-year schools next season. Red Devil sophomore standout and KJCCC third-team all-conference selection Adjaratou (Adji) Mbaye, has signed a National Letter…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals traded first baseman Carlos Santana and nearly $4.3 million to the Seattle Mariners for right-handers Wyatt Mills and William Fleming on Monday, clearing the way for Kansas City…