PASADENA, Texas (AP) — A winter storm that brought severe weather to the Gulf Coast and wintry precipitation to the north was headed east Wednesday, a day after tornadoes caused widespread damage in the Houston…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable Care Act this year, double the number covered when the marketplaces first launched nearly a decade ago, the Biden administration announced…

TOPEKA — Advocates for domestic violence and sexual abuse survivors propose the Kansas Legislature amend state law to provide judges with authority to issue longer protection orders in response to instances of alleged abuse, assault,…

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms will be charged with seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder,…

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and…

The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism is pleased to announce the date for our annual dinner and business awards night. The dinner will take place the evening of Thursday, March 2.  This is…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and the United States said Wednesday they will send battle tanks to Ukraine, the first stage of a coordinated effort by the West to provide dozens of the heavy weapons to…

Yvonne (Cleaver) Goins, 82, of Colony, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at her home.  Yvonne was born on Dec. 25, 1940, in Allen County, the daughter of Donald and Edna (Morgan) Cleaver.  She married Ivan…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and eight states have filed an antitrust suit against Google.  The suit seeks to shatter Google’s alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden…