TOPEKA — Rocky Balboa would be proud. Trailing 8-1 in the American Legion AA state championship game Friday, Iola’s Indians stormed back with nine unanswered runs to defeat Hiawatha, 10-8. The win secures the AA…

HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) — A woman died in a rural northeastern Kansas house fire, officials said.  The fire was reported around 3 a.m. Thursday in Brown County, Wichita station KSNW reported. A family member told…

HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) — The family of a 9-year-old Kansas girl say she has died after being diagnosed with influenza in neighboring Nebraska. The family of Leighya Marie DeLong, of Hiawatha, confirmed to Topeka television…