Lindt & Sprungli, the multinational chocolatier that owns Iola’s Russell Stover Candies factory, was recently awarded $33 million in a federal court trial, according to The Kansas City Star. The Switzerland-based company purchased Kansas City’s…

Now that Ben Prasko has worked as technology director for USD 257 for a year, he has a better understanding of patterns. He knows the problems he’s likely to encounter again and again with certain…

A Texas judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in three defamation lawsuits brought by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over…

BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) — They work 50 hours at a stretch and sleep on gymnasium floors. Exploding trees shower them with embers. They lose track of time when the sun is blotted out by smoke,…

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Three massive wildfires chewed through parched Northern California landscape Sunday as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead of a frightening weather system packing high winds and…

Iola city officials are continuing to gauge the extent of damage incurred during a power outage shortly before sunrise Tuesday. The outage was connected to a traffic incident near the intersection of North Elm and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas spent at least $414,000 repairing damage and replacing equipment after inmate riots at three prisons in 2017 and 2018, corrections officials reported, surprising some state lawmakers Tuesday with the amount…

After more than 100 years of standing guard over the graves of Civil War veterans, “Ol’ Zachary” may be ready to retire. Ol’ Zachary is the nickname locals gave the statue of a Union infantry…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are likely to face renewed debate in the next legislative session about how or whether to hold oil and gas companies accountable for property damage caused by earthquakes in…