LAHARPE — LaHarpe residents will get a chance Tuesday to sound off on their hopes, concerns and questions about the town’s future. A community conversation, hosted by Thrive Allen County, begins at 6 p.m. at…

Iola City Councilman Josiah D’Albini, who also works as director of advancement at Allen Community College, will speak at Monday’s City Council meeting about the college’s Scarlet and Black Club. The club is an effort…

DENVER — A federal judge in Colorado on Friday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other Trump administration officials not to deport immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra — or even move her out of state…

TOPEKA — House members shared personal family history Thursday as they discredited anti-immigrant rhetoric that echoed through committee hearings earlier in the legislative session. But the House still approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 1602, a nonbinding…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top leaders of President Donald Trump’s administration are debating whether to invoke a “state secrets privilege” in response to a judge’s questions about deportation flights carrying Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, a…

When Allen Community College opened its Iola campus in 1970, it featured a boiler system with a life expectancy projected at between 45 and 50 years. That was 55 years ago. Ryan Sigg, the college’s…

If you’ve been thinking about buying a home but aren’t sure where to start, a free First-Time Home Buyers class might be just what you need. Hosted by Iola Crown Realty, the class will take…

WICHITA, Kansas — Kansas students are spending fewer days in school than they did decades ago, and the state’s top education leader wants that to change. Education Commissioner Randy Watson is urging districts to cancel…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump…

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus will pass between the Earth and sun on Saturday during what’s called an inferior conjunction. But don’t plan on seeing the linkup. The sight is extremely difficult to spot without…