The Baseball Hall of Fame is going Bananas. An exhibit dedicated to the sport’s wackiest team, the Savannah Bananas, will open Friday at the hallowed shrine in Cooperstown, New York. “I’m blown away,” Bananas owner…

Dorothy Sparks doesn’t remember being bitten by a tick. Sure, she brushed a few off when outdoors earlier this spring. But it would be weeks before she realized she had contracted not just one but…

Unable to attend the BRICS summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) in Johannesburg at the end of August, or at the G20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9-10, due to an arrest warrant…

CHANUTE — Some of Kyleigh Ogle’s handiwork can be found across the state. Ogle, a sophomore at Neosho County College, has assisted with construction of cabins built for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.…

HUMBOLDT — More than five car clubs and 40 cars attended Pete’s Car Show on Sept. 9 on the Humboldt square to benefit Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the 31st Judicial District.  CASA serves Allen,…

It took the entire summer, but on Sept. 1, Iola Industries officially handed over an estimated 500 acres to the state of Kansas for the creation of LeHigh Portland State Park. The transition means the…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities said they don’t expect any lingering problems related to Thursday’s explosion of a railroad shipping container carrying an acid used to make explosives because the chemical largely burned off…

Being a church is serious work. Caring for people takes time, energy, and resources and requires people to be motivated by love and compassion.   The first century church experienced growing pains as the number…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Kimberly L. Burton, Iolal, theft, $1,046.50, diversion Craig A. Connell, Petrolia, theft, $596.27, diversion

DETROIT (AP) — Nearly one in 10 of America’s unionized auto workers went on strike Friday to pressure Detroit’s three automakers into raising wages in an era of big profits and as the industry begins…