RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Chris Buescher was already in good position to qualify for NASCAR’s playoffs. Now, even something remarkable over the last four races of the regular season won’t keep him out. Buescher pulled…

Being outside during the summertime can feel like a constant battle against nature and all the creepy crawly things. Mosquitoes, ticks and chiggers are some of the hardest pests to fight during this time of…

BRIGHTON, Iowa (AP) — You-pick farms are struggling through heat, drought and haze as customers cancel picking appointments and crops across Iowa refuse to grow. These farms offer visitors the chance to harvest their own…

BEIJING (AP) — A zoo in eastern China is denying suggestions some of its bears might be people in costumes after photos of the animals standing like humans circulated online.  The Hangzhou Zoo said on…

HUMBOLDT — The Iola AA Indians were swept by Pittsburg AAA Post 64 in the Kansas American Legion Super State in Humboldt Friday evening. The Indians (29-8) finished off a monstrous season in unfamiliar fashion,…

The Iola Municipal Band, which has been a part of Iola’s summers for the past 152 years, ended its summer session Thursday with a celebration of Christmas. The band, with musicians ranging from middle school…

Iola High’s Damian Wacker has more challenges than most athletes his age. Since his sophomore year, Wacker has battled the fact that his lungs periodically collapse. Wacker suffers from spontaneous pneumothorax, a genetic condition where…

At game time Friday evening, the expected temperature was 100 degrees.  The Iola AA Indians were facing Pittsburg’s AAA Post 64 team in a battle for the American Legion Super State title.  Each won their…

Dear Carolyn: A long while ago, I was having a catch-up coffee with someone I knew back in high school, and she asked me why I used to pick on her. (I used to tease…

Twenty years ago this summer, the Rochester A’s American Legion baseball team went on an ultimate three-month winning ride that finished in the 100-degree heat of Bartlesville, Okla. It was an unprecedented ride that hasn’t…