The Iola Public Library will be closed until at least Monday after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. A Facebook book sale scheduled for today was canceled.  Curbside pickup is available between 9 a.m.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is facing new scrutiny today after failing to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, which has shown to be highly…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas considers meatpacking plant workers and grocery store employees essential workers, putting them just behind health care workers and nursing home residents for coronavirus vaccines, Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday. The…

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — He was born as America was recovering from the Great Depression and about to enter World War II — periods of national sacrifice his son would recall decades later in…

ATLANTA — A day after America witnessed its worst day in coronavirus-related deaths, Jimmy Carter joined three other living former presidents Thursday in encouraging Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccination shot as soon as it…

PHILADELPHIA — In normal times, Delaware County’s “Santa Kringle” is honored each holiday season when families welcome him into their Christmas celebrations. “One of the biggest honors,” he said, is when parents hand him a…

Though I still find it incredible that we’re in the midst of a global pandemic,  scientists are not surprised. On Thursday, Dr. Robert Redfield of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned the country…

HONOLULU (AP) — Navy sailor Mickey Ganitch was getting ready to play in a Pearl Harbor football game as the sun came up on Dec. 7, 1941. Instead, he spent the morning — still wearing…

Coffey County’s top health officer, Dr. John Shell, resigned following a decision by the county commission to opt out of Gov. Laura Kelly’s mask mandate, reported the Coffey County Republican. Shell was also the county’s…

Although Bob Hawk is free of COVID-19, five weeks later he struggles to take a deep breath. His case of COVID led to double pneumonia, which has compromised his lungs. He now relies on supplemental…