Dear editor, Reconnecting conservation compliance and crop insurance has never been more important than now: the Senate and House agriculture committees are holding hearings to consider renewal of the Farm Bill, something that occurs every…

Sen. Jeff King of Independence helped write a sensible school funding bill the Senate passed, which now sits in a House committee not scheduled to meet again this session. Sen. King’s bill would increase funding…

Lyndon Baines Johnson dropped a bombshell into U.S. politics in 1968 by declaring he would not run for re-election. After all, he had been elected with a 61 percent majority in 1964 following the assassination…

CHANUTE — Iola Middle School’s Ponies played at Chanute’s Royster Middle School Invitational golf tournament Monday. Iola finished fifth as a team with a team score of 217.  Colby Works led the way for the…

Iola High’s junior varsity baseball team recorded two wins Thursday at home against Burlington. The Mustangs scored nine runs in the second inning to win 10-0 in the opener. Trent Latta pitched three innings of…

ARMA — Marmaton Valley Jr. High’s track teams went to the Northeast Junior High’s track meet Thursday in Arma. Here are the Wildcat results: Eighth Grade Girls: 100-m dash-2. Ashlynn Pinkerton, 15.88, 3. Ruby Mann,…

GIRARD — Iola Middle School’s eighth-grade girls finished second behind Pittsburg at Thursday’s Girard Middle School Track Invitational. The Pony boys were fifth in the seventh-grade division and sixth in the eighth-grade division. Iola’s seventh-grade…

Uniontown High’s Eagles rocked Neodesha High’s Bluestreaks in non-league softball play Monday. The Eagles won 16-0 in three innings, scoring 10 runs in the second inning. Taylor Wade threw a one-hit shutout for the Eagles.…

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown High’s boys and St. Paul High’s girls captured team championships at Monday’s 2012 Uniontown High Invitational track meet. The Eagle boys piled up 120 points with St. Paul in second with 97…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s baseball team staged a rally in the second game Monday night to sweep their home doubleheader with Northeast High’s Vikings from Arma. Marmaton Valley High’s softball team used a seven-run…