WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority are questioning the continued use of affirmative action in higher education in lengthy arguments Monday in which the justices are wrestling with difficult questions of…

Even though we didn’t get enough rain last week to be a true drought buster, we did receive enough moisture to get the cool season broadleaf weeds to germinate. My residence is in the far…

The fall bird migration looks a little different this year in Southeast Kansas due to low water levels in area ponds, lakes, and rivers. Fall has also brought a resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza…

Inflation and the economy are top-of-mind for voters heading into the midterm elections, with a majority of registered Republicans prioritizing economic issues, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll. The numbers, which are in line with…

Richard Harlan Middleton was born May 26, 1933, presumably in Kansas City, Mo. When he was 13 months old, he was adopted from an orphanage in Kansas City which has since burned down to the…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul police assigned 137 officers to manage a crowd of Halloween revelers anticipated to number over 100,000 over the weekend — a decision that has come under intense criticism following…

MORBI, India (AP) — Military teams were searching Monday for people missing after a 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into a river Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds plunging into the water…

Arrests reported Iola police officers were called Friday evening to the 300 block of South Cottonwood Street, where Jayce Ingham was arrested for suspicion of domestic battery, criminal damage to property and possession of marijuana.…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a bitter presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of…

Myrna Moore, age 80, of Iola does what she can to conserve energy at home.  She uses one small lamp for light. She keeps her heat low in the winter. She saves the rinse water…