Kansas may be the stormiest place on earth. Chance Hayes has proof. Hayes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, spoke Monday in front of a packed Creitz Recital Hall for “Storm Fury on the…

Betty L. Burche, 77, of Rockaway Beach, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, at Cox Hospital South, Springfield, Mo.   She was born June 17, 1934, at Fillmore, Mo., the daughter of Harvey and Orpha…

As 14,000 American Jews and other supporters of Israel gather in Washington, pressure mounts on President Barack Obama to adopt an even more hawkish stance toward Iran. Last week, the president said the U.S. would…

Deer were responsible for three accidents, one in Wilson County involving a Humboldt man and two others occurring in Allen County. At 7:30 Friday night a car driven by Brian Dillow, Humboldt police chief, hit…

“Storm Fury On The Plains,” a training session for weather spotters will be tonight at 6:30 at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The National Weather Service offers the multimedia training session free of charge. Attendees…

The Iola Public Library has several upcoming programs which include learning to crochet, play bridge, cook and on nutrition. Basic crochet techniques will be taught at 6 o’clock tonight and again on April 2.  Tonight,…

OTTAWA — It’s likely the conversations before and after Ottawa’s First Friday forum were as important as the actual program.  If so, organizers have done their job of getting local residents to come together. About…

Allen County Community College’s baseball and softball teams played doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday. The Red Devil baseball team swept its Jayhawk Eastern Division opener. The Red Devils took all four games with visiting Fort…

Knowing they’d be on the road for the playoffs, Allen County Community College’s Red Devil women were looking to pick up a little momentum in their home regular-season finale Saturday afternoon. Johnson County Community College’s…

Allen County Community College’s Red Devils take a two-game winning streak into the NJCAA Region VI, Division I playoffs. They made it a little more difficult on themselves in Saturday’s season finale at home. “It…