FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries decided Wednesday to sharply cut production to support sagging oil prices, a move that could deal the struggling global economy another blow and raise politically…

TOPEKA — Republican Nancy Kassebaum, the first woman to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate and the daughter of GOP presidential nominee Alf Landon, endorsed Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s campaign for re-election. On Monday, Kassebaum…

Pump N Pete’s Corp. is hosting a fundraiser and other activities to aid the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) through October. Those who donate $1 will sign a pinwheel pledge card to be…

The Knights of Columbus Iola Council will host a silver rose prayer service at St. John’s Catholic Church at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, to pray “for a civilization of love and culture of life…

The terrible devastation wrought by Hurricane Ian on Florida’s southwest coast — among the most powerful hurricanes to hit Florida in a century — has been wrenching to watch even from afar: so many lives…

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas football coach Lance Leipold says he’s spoken to his team about ESPN’s GameDay crew coming to town for Saturday’s 11 a.m. Big 12 battle between No. 19-ranked Kansas and No. 17…

Steven Joe LaRue, age 72, of Bronson, died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. Visitation is from 6 to 8 o’clock Wednesday evening at the Carriage House, 310 S. Main…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August compared with July as businesses grow less desperate for workers, a trend that could cool chronically high inflation. That is good…

Phone found Iola police officers received a Tracfone in a black and red case that was found Sept. 27 at Iola Walmart. The phone will be kept at the Iola Police Department until claimed by…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country…