With opening night three weeks away, Allen Community College students are working at fever pitch for the ACC Theatre Department’s 2016-17 season.“The Addams Family,” a musical based on the classic 1960s TV sitcom and subsequent…

MORAN — The Humboldt Cubs and the Marmaton Valley Wildcats were able to cruise through their respective pools at the Marmaton Valley Junior Varsity Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.Both squads went 4-0. Marmaton Valley topped Central…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt defense got off to as bad of a start as they possibly could on Monday night when the Cubs’ season opened at home against Cherryvale.On the game’s opening play, the Chargers…

Michael D. Penland, 56, Quenemo, who has family in the area, died Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Garnett. Burial…

Barbara R. Worthington, 86, St. Paul, formerly of Stark, died Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Friends Home Lutheran Church, Savonburg.…

Gas native and 1945 Iola High School graduate Donald Eugene Potter, Yuma, Ariz., died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.Potter also served in the U.S. Navy.He is survived by his wife, Betty, Yuma; six children, 21 grandchildren…

The driver involved in a hit-and-run fatality truck accident near Chanute has been arrested.The Kansas Highway Patrol announced Monday the driver — later identified by the Chanute Tribune as Paul Anthony Abram, 53, Houston —…

The wheels were set in motion Monday night for a judge to revisit the will of local benefactor Thomas H. Bowlus, whose estate was dedicated to create the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, and whose operation…

HUMBOLDT — Residents here will see their sewer rates nearly double to accommodate needed changes to the city’s sewer system.The upgrade will cost $6.2 million, but debt service will be based on a U.S. Department…

Iola City Council members will take a closer look at the city’s purchasing policy to determine if a provision should be added to decide when they can do business with local businesses, even if it…