Month: November 2018

LONDON (AP) — Despite beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets to win the ATP Finals at only 21, Alexander Zverev knows keeping pace with the Serb isn’t going to be easy. Zverev claimed the biggest…

RILEY — Riley County cheers and Queen’s “We Are the Champions” echoed through Hal Prichard Stadium Friday night as a solemn bunch of Humboldt High players gathered around their coach after losing 46-16 in the…

Kansas is finalizing a contract to make Les Miles its next football coach, according to a report from Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger. Miles, who turned 65 on Saturday, is best known for his 12-year tenure…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lagerald Vick had declared for the NBA draft and Kansas had moved on without him, recruiting a trio of backcourt players to take his place and planning for the upcoming season.…

Iola’s elementary school students had an in-the-body experience Friday. The students partook in a Body Venture exhibit set up at Allen Community College’s Student Activities Building. The exhibit consisted of through small tents to denote…

Normally filled with flowers during the spring and summer, the plant holders will feature trees and candy canes. A team of CITF/PRIDE members helped place the decorations in advance of the startup of next week’s…

If elections have consequences, the top-of-the-ticket win for Democrats in Kansas likely carries no more obvious upshot than the probable expansion of Medicaid in the state. After years of unyielding opposition from former Republican Gov.…

CHICO, Calif. (AP) — The potential magnitude of the wildfire disaster in Northern California escalated as officials raised the death toll to 63 and released a missing-persons list with 631 names on it more than…

Seven Kansas school districts freed from some state rules now say getting that special status isn’t worth the effort. Those districts are part of the Kansas Department of Education’s “Coalition of Innovative School Districts” program…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The federal public defender’s office has asked for the release of 67 inmates from a Kansas federal prison and plans to seek freedom for more than 150 others because authorities…