WASHINGTON — The new Republican chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee and a top Democrat on the panel on Wednesday laid out anti-hunger initiatives Congress could tackle in the upcoming farm bill. During a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The countdown toward a possible U.S. government default began Thursday with Treasury implementing accounting measures as a stopgap, while frictions between President Joe Biden and House Republicans raise alarms about whether the…

Royce Smith knows a thing or two about soccer: playing goalkeeper and taking the field overseas.  The Iola native will head back to Sweden in March to begin another season of professional soccer, but this…

HESSTON — The Allen Community College women and men’s basketball teams earned conference victories at Hesston Community College on Wednesday night.  The Lady Red Devils (12-5; 1-1) earned their first conference win of the season…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ask any coach or player around the NFL and they are bound to tell you that the speed of the game picks up when the playoffs arrive. There is no…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Oh-so-close to completing a straight-set upset of No. 2 seed Casper Ruud at the Australian Open, Jenson Brooksby frittered away three match points, sat down at a changeover and began yelling…

Over the past week, area superintendents shared a look at where their districts are headed in the year ahead. This is the final installment with a look at Marmaton Valley. It includes academic programs, plans…

TOPEKA — Auditors working for the Kansas Legislature estimated five of the state’s major business development incentive programs would generate positive total returns for the private-sector economy but not produce enough growth in tax revenue…

An agreement is in place for KwiKom Communications, an Iola-based internet service provider, to be acquired by WANRack, LLC.  The agreement was announced Jan. 13 in a news release. WANRack specializes in turn-key fiber infrastructure…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep cost — the loss of microscopic organisms that make up the base of the…