HUMBOLDT – A vacancy on the Humboldt City Council here may be filled at the governing body’s next meeting on Oct. 9.Mayor Nobby Davis announced Monday evening the vacancy was created by first-term councilman Jeb…

New Iola High School special education teacher Richard Hurst has been around the world. The Neodesha native spent 18 years in the U.S. Marine Corps where he was stationed in California, North Carolina, Washington, D.C.,…

The timing could have been better, Jon Wells conceded.Talk of a potential change in the size of the Iola City Council was cut short when Monday’s Council meeting was aborted before it began. That’s because…

Maggie Barnett, left, and Donna Culver were among the volunteers who placed 160 new metal markers alongside veterans’ graves at Highland Cemetery, following a series of fundraisers spearheaded by the LaHarpe Veterans of Foreign Wars…

Last week saw highs and lows for Yates Center volleyball as they went 0-2 at Eureka on Tuesday and 3-0 at Uniontown on Thursday. At Eureka, a strong first set couldn’t overcome Marmaton Valley. Yates…

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley junior varsity volleyball squad took second in their home invitational Saturday. The Lady Wildcats went 3-2  on the day with losses coming against both Humboldt teams.Marmaton Valley opened the day…

The Allen Red Devil soccer teams returned home Saturday afternoon and both teams suffered losses at the hands of Kansas City Kansas Community College. The women fell 2-1 in double-overtime and the men fell 5-2.…

Kansas Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood seems caught up in a wave of rationalization.After inmates at the Norton facility rioted a week ago, he reasoned mass protests that have unfurled across the nation in recent weeks…

Flint A. Macklin, 42, Kincaid, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel, Garnett, with burial to follow at the Garnett Cemetery. Family will greet…

Charles R. Morris, 69, died Wednesday Sept. 6, 2017 in Harlingen, Texas. He was the father of Jerry Morris, Humboldt.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.  Thursday at Petersen Funeral Home Chapel in Newton.   Visitation…