Month: May 2013

MANHATTAN — For five glorious innings, Humboldt High’s Courtney Richey and Marysville’s Danielle Fincham treated the crowd to a scintillating pitchers’ duel. It boiled down to which team could avoid costly mistakes. Marysville did; Humboldt…

MANHATTAN — It was a case of too little, too late. Humboldt High’s offense, which struggled mightily over the first few innings of the Class 3A state quarterfinals, began to click in the fifth inning…

WICHITA — Iola High’s Ashley Campbell and Emery Driskel showed their mettle against some of the best athletes in the state Friday. Tyler Powelson waited a day to see what he can do. The trio…

SALINA — Iola High’s dream season ended two runs short of the Mustangs’ goal — a state title. In a thrilling championship game that had fans of both schools on the edges of their seats from…

Laura and Logan Boone, Kincaid, are happy to announce the birth of their daughter, Bailey Alice, on May 3, 2013. She weighed 7 pounds, 6.3 ounces and was 18¾ inches long.Maternal grandparents are Lynn and…

John and Jeannene White, formerly of Humboldt, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 5.John White and Jeannene Meyer were married on June 5, 1963, in Chanute. The couple currently live in Bella Vista,…

We’ve a handful of treasure hunters in this neck of the woods, some quite successful.Kirby Gregg, for example, has hunted coins with metal detectors from the early days of the devices, back when they weren’t…

After reading numerous accounts of the Moore, Okla., tornado in the New York Times and from reports on National Public Radio, you can hear the wonder in the reporters’ voices as to why “these people”…

SALINA — The word of the day was “comfort.” Behind the sterling pitching of Trent Latta, the Iola HIgh Mustangs remained in their comfort zone throughout their Class 4A state playoff quarterfinal against Coffeyville’s Field…

Allen Community College’s Clinton Moore shot a second-round 77 Wednesday and is in a tie for 88th place at the NJCAA Divsion II National Golf Tournament.Third-round action continues today at Goose Pond Colony Golf Course…