Roy Barnett died Tuesday. He left behind a host of friends, including yours truly. Roy and I graduated from Humboldt High in 1961. I knew him then, but didn’t really get to know Roy until…

For years a staple on the Iola town square, KwiKom Communications has moved to a roomier venue on West Miller Road. With its large fleet of trucks and vans, its warehouse full of hardware, its…

HUMBOLDT — A call this week to the Chris and Connie Bauer home: “I’ll be coming,” announced Lawrence Scheer, a 94-year-old resident of Phoenix, Ariz., and a 1942 graduate of Humboldt High. Unless someone else…

Strickler Dairy Farm played host to dozens of legislators, dairymen, industry experts and dairy marketing pros on Friday. “The most important thing we can do as dairymen,” Steve Strickler told those who gathered for the…

The Yates Center volleyball team went 1-3 on Saturday at the Uniontown tournament beating Galena and falling to Marmaton Valley, Riverton and the Lady Eagles. The Wildcats started off with a 0-2 loss to Marmaton…

The struggles continued for Allen County volleyball Wednesday night as the Lady Devils fell 0-3 (11-25, 11-25, 9-25) to Kansas City Kansas Community College.Allen County is now 0-31 this season and 0-7 in conference play.…

If KC entrepreneur Greg Orman runs for governor, pundits say the race is in the bag for Kris Kobach.Orman is a devout independent. His candidacy would siphon off Democrats and only a sliver of Republicans,…

Phyllis Ann Bass, 87, Leavenworth, died, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She was born Nov. 5, 1929, in Iola, the daughter of Vernon Henry and Gladys Lillian (Williams) Garner.…

While the internet is predominantly a force for good, it also is the perfect medium for fake news to go viral. That potential — and how to combat it — was the subject of a…

Given Kansas’s place as the fastest-growing dairy state in the country, it would be a comfort to know that when one or another legislator is asked to speak either in favor or in opposition to…