Carlos Alcaraz replaced Novak Djokovic at No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, meaning the 20-year-old Spaniard is expected to have the top seeding at Wimbledon. Alcaraz, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is coming…

Iola City Council members will take another swing (or more) at hammering out how to pay for their 2024 spending plan. On Monday, the Council narrowly rejected a proposed $3 monthly increase in trash collection…

The PGA Tour and European tour have agreed to work with Saudi backers of LIV Golf to decide how defectors to the rival league can return and what kind of punishment they should face, according…

The Bowlus Commission will have two new members, Stan Grigsby and Jeffrey Anderson. Bowlus Director Daniel Kays asked school board members to appoint the new members on Monday. The district oversees Bowlus operations. A vacancy…

DALLAS (AP) — Scorching temperatures brought on by a “heat dome” have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Seacrest will become the new “Wheel of Fortune” host after Pat Sajak’s retirement next year.  Seacrest and Sony Pictures Television announced Tuesday that Seacrest has signed a multi-year deal to…

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, escaped prosecution for his abortive armed rebellion against the…

Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend and I graduated from high school as the pandemic hit, and instead of going to university with all the uncertainty about classes, we moved in together and started working full time.…

Barbara Irene (Bobby) Scott, age 85, of Humboldt, died Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Washington Regional Hospital, Fayetteville, Ark.  Bobby was born Oct. 28, 1937, in Iola.  Bobby and Jack Scott were married Feb. 12,…

Arrests reported Iola police officers arrested Aaron Powers, 25, Colony, Saturday evening for suspicion of driving under the influence at the intersection of Madison Avenue and State Street. Officers arrested Iolan Steven Richardson Friday afternoon…