Austin “Bud” Wade McCormick, 55, Savonburg, passed away Friday, April 29, 2016 in Chanute. Austin was born May 10, 1960, in Sedan to Paul Lee and Patricia Crystal (Loveland) McCormick. On Oct. 30, 1989, Austin…

Patricia R. “Pat” Starr, devoted homemaker and community volunteer, passed away at Hospice House Thursday, April 28, 2016. She was born Dec. 26, 1938, in Iola, and was raised there by her parents, David and…

The Allen Community College softball accomplished a feat on Saturday that it hasn’t accomplished in the last five seasons. The Red Devils (32-18) advanced to the second weekend of the NJCAA playoffs. Not only did…

In the end, it wasn’t even close. Despite the lead-up rhetoric, Republican legislators overwhelmingly gave in to Gov. Sam Brownback Friday night and refused to repeal the income tax break that gives 330,000 business owners…

There’s an easy cliché, broadcast with unthinking frequency, which says that books are a thing of the past, that today’s kids, their vocabularies crippled by “text speak,” have swapped their chapter books for iPads, and…

Japheth Rutoh, 10, may never have sat atop a bulldozer, but it’s not for lack of imagination. The fourth-grader’s depiction of the giant-sized machine was drawn to a T, including its tread belt, smoke stack…