HUMBOLDT — In his 13 months as Humboldt administrator, Cole Herder has lost track of how many times he’s asked: “Jean, what can you tell me about this?”Tuesday will be the last day Herder will…

By all accounts, Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final was the most successful ever in terms of drawing record viewership. Sunday’s victory for the United States surely will catapult women’s soccer to new levels.Even better, it…

Thursday’s resultsPixie LeagueTholen’s Heating and Cooling 12, Erbert Electric 7. Hits for Tholen’s: Kinsey Schinstock, d; Baylie Crooks, s; Makayla Dunne, s; Khloe Williamson, 2 s; Leeann Maloney, s, d; Savannah Flynn, t, HR; Hallie…

Helen Marie Dingus Stewart, 96, Iola, passed way Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at Windsor Place in Iola.Helen was born Feb. 26, 1919, in Mound City, and moved to Blue Mound while in grade school. She…

Thrive Allen County continues to gather steam toward its goal of making Allen County one of the healthiest counties in Kansas.The Kansas Health Foundation — in partnership with the Washington D.C.-based Center for Global Policy…

For 37 years, Oliver Meliza made a career of paying closer attention to your blood than you did. As Allen County Regional Hospital’s chief medical technologist, Meliza’s role was to test and analyze the assortment…

For as long as anyone can recall, Iola’s rec league baseball and softball players have collected on the curb outside Dairy Queen after games to enact a local tradition. They grip their cones or cups…

Though their day jobs are as bookkeepers, Jan Sigg and Nikki Damron spend as much time in the garden and kitchen.The two women share a garden plot just east of the Elm Creek Community Garden…

I walked into Jack Steiner’s barbershop on West Street just in time to catch him raving about watching the late Minute Bol’s son play basketball in K.C. Anyone who meanders into Jack’s shop, meaning to…

On this day, 239 years ago, we declared independence from England.That momentous occasion continues to reap benefits for current and future generations. Among them, this is what I am most grateful for:1. The right to…