They are certainly ready for their closeups. Five Iola Middle School students showed off their acting and oratory chops Monday to the USD 257 Board of Education as they worked their way through a series…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States said Tuesday an agreement was reached to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea as it wrapped up three days of talks with Ukrainian and Russian delegations in…

A longstanding club at Allen Community College is getting a much needed boost in awareness. During Monday evening’s Iola Council meeting, council member Josiah D’Albini spoke about the Scarlet & Black Club. D’Albini, who also…

Trustees from a pair of Montgomery County community colleges want to ask voters to approve a consolidation plan. Trustees for Independence and Coffeyville community colleges voted unanimously to adopt a preliminary agreement for consolidation, the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s top intelligence officials stressed to Congress the threat they said was posed by international criminal gangs, drug cartels and human smuggling, testifying in a hearing Tuesday that unfolded against…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was rocked by five high-level departures on Tuesday in the latest turmoil for the nation’s top public health agency. The departures were announced at a meeting…

TOPEKA — A Republican-dominated Kansas Senate committee on Monday advanced a district judge nominee from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly for the Kansas Court of Appeals. Judge Lori Bolton Fleming now awaits a vote of the…

A South Florida man took dangerous, criminal action to express distaste for protesters opposing Elon Musk by aiming his SUV and speeding into a crowd standing in front of a Tesla dealership over the weekend,…

HUMBOLDT — A concrete slab has been poured as construction continues on a multi-purpose health center and daycare facility in Humboldt. The Humboldt school district, in conjunction with the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, announced…

The United States will impose a 25% tariff on imports from any country that purchases oil products from Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Monday, saying that move seeks to penalize Caracas’ socialist regime for deliberately…