Hi, Carolyn: Your column concerning a new mother feeling pulled in many directions to celebrate Mother’s Day really got me thinking. I have felt the Mother’s Day guilt of wanting to make my mother and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) —  A degree has been bestowed upon a retired Kansas farmer who shipped one of his five N-95 masks to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo despite worries for his wife (who has…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has stopped talking about the decades-old antimalarial drug he once touted as a “game changer” for COVID-19, but it won’t be as simple for the rest of the health system…

Billie Collins planned to sew sports-themed quilts to give to family members for next Christmas. She cut 9-inch strips from fabric emblazoned with Kansas City Chiefs, Royals and KU logos for her husband, son and…

Who needs Fabio when you’ve got Fauci? Pandemic expert Dr. Anthony Fauci was the inspiration for the top-selling 1991 romance novel “Happy Endings,” according to the book’s author, Sally Quinn. Quinn reportedly told the Washingtonian…

Former President Barack Obama will deliver a commencement message to the 3 million high school seniors graduating this month in a televised prime-time special. Announced last week, “Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class…

Lowell Baumunk, rural mail carrier at LaHarpe, has ended 44 years of postal employment and is retiring at age of 65. Lowell began his career at age 16 as a clerk in Humboldt before coming…

Andrew Covey, a USD 258 custodian, assists with hanging banners in downtown Humboldt depicting members of the Humboldt High School graduating class of 2020. The banners are in honor of the students who were deprived…

Why has toilet paper run out? Blame the empty shelves on hoarders who stockpiled the plush paper goods. During a two-day period in March, online and in-store sales shot up a whopping 845% as states…

The high school baseball season may have been wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, but area sluggers will still have the American Legion Baseball season to look forward to.  Both the AA and A teams…