“As the Fourth Estate, you must stand up for the truth!” a woman urged me earlier this week.  At issue was a cellphone text her elderly mother had received from the office of Sen. Roger…

IncidentsOn Aug. 23, a statue of Mary was reported stolen in the 300 block of South State Street.On Aug. 23, a 26-inch black Pueblo Nishiki bicycle was found in the 400 block of North Elm…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt’s Marilyn Davis was the guest of honor at the Aug. 24 vintage baseball game held at Walter Johnson Field. Davis, who was deemed Miss 1860 Baseball Queen, threw out the first pitch…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd Convicted as follows with fines assessed: Mary A. Craddock, Iola, possession/use of drug paraphernalia/human body, possession of marijuana and THC, $555 Max Grundy, Iola, keeping of domesticated fowl, $150…

A decision by Osawatomie High School administrators to forfeit its varsity football this season will have a ripple effect for fellow Pioneer League opponents, including Iola. The school announced in a Facebook post Thursday that…

NEW YORK — Donald Trump asked a U.S. judge in New York to take over his “flawed” state hush money criminal case, saying a federal court is the proper forum to assess the merits of…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli missile hit a convoy carrying medical supplies and fuel to an Emirati hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing several people from a local transportation company, the American…

Though they should have declared last Monday a holiday, the staff at Thrive Allen County was too busy to celebrate.  At least there was a bottle of bubbly. After a tense two months, the staff…

What if you were told you had a year to live? Life coaches sometimes pose questions like this to help folks figure out what’s truly important to them. But for me, this isn’t a theoretical…

FORT SCOTT — Iola High’s Brooklyn Holloway and Briley Prather are getting into the swing of things rather nicely. Holloway took fourth and Prather sixth at a Uniontown junior varsity invitational, hosted by Fort Scott’s…