Application for a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant to build a community center in Humboldt was filed with the Kansas Department of Commerce just before the deadline Tuesday, buoyed by promise of Allen County commissioners…

Maybe 50 yards north of Elm Creek, on the east side of Washington Avenue, an igloo-shaped set of monkey bars and a small merry-go-round sit silently among weeds and small trees. At water’s edge, undergrowth…

Carl Richard Worthington, 84, of Presbyterian Village, Fort Scott, died Friday, June 11, 2010, at Mercy Health Center.He was born Nov. 23, 1925, in Xenia, to Lester Coy and Zula Walker Worthington. He was a…

Norman D. Wade, 81, of Gas died Saturday, June 12, 2010,  at Windsor Place in Iola. He was born Jan. 21, 1929, in Pleasanton to Ray V. and Letha Hensley Wade. He grew up in…

Opal Maxine Adams, 88, of Garnett died Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care Facility in Garnett.She was born Oct. 6, 1921, in Burns Community, Polk County, Mo., near Bolivar to…

I live in Moran and I am in favor of the extension of the rail trail. One might ask who cares about an “out-of-towner’s” opinion? We do care because we (my husband and I) buy…

Caleb Leslie made a hole-in-one May 21 at Allen County Country Club.Leslie’s ace came on the 158-yard No. 2 hole. He used a 6-iron. The feat was witnessed by Dan Leslie.

Allen County Country Club held its annual member/guest charity golf tournament, June 4-6.Golfers competed in a Par-Three tournament and a two-day event to raise funds for the Iola High School girls basketball program and the…

HUMBOLDT — Move over gentlemen.Laura Ramey ran second two weeks in a row in Humboldt Speedway’s pure stock feature races. Last Friday, Ramey held off Jeremy Willard down the stretch and took the checkered flag.It…

Cubs’ Manbeck receives all-state baseball honors Jacob Manbeck was strong behind the plate for another season for Humboldt High’s Cubs. Manbeck, a senior, also was one of the team’s top hitters.Manbeck’s hitting paid off in…