Month: February 2021

MORAN — Haylee Meiwes eagerly anticipated a busy year with FFA. On top of the myriad projects and competition she enters annually through FFA, Meiwes was tapped last March as district vice president, which works…

Kansas City Royals right-hander Brady Singer is not here for your talk of innings limits or how much he should be allowed to throw in his first full season in the majors. He has humored…

Leah Mueller has got your goat. That is, if you attend the fair and meet her price. The Humboldt High School sophomore has been around goats most of her life, but her FFA Supervised Agricultural…

PEORIA, Ariz. — It was an almost imperceptible delay and only a slightly more evident slowdown. But it made quite a bit of difference for 38 games in a season like no other, one that…

When Kobey Miller stepped into the role of FFA Chapter President at Crest High School last year, it challenged his leadership skills. Everyone looked up to him for guidance. “There were some challenges I had…

Aubrey Holloran was no country girl. She didn’t grow up on a farm. She doesn’t own farm animals.  But her freshman year at Crest, one of her teachers suggested she join FFA.  “I’m not a…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s girls made several key defensive stops down the stretch Thursday to ward off a spirited challenge from Yates Center. None were more prevalent than Isabelle Murrow’s steal and layup with 1:40…

The Iola High School Special Olympics Unified Sports team celebrated its success in a year ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has shuttered all in-person Special Olympics events, forcing the young athletes to compete…

Gavin Jaro knows swine, and is quite the handyman. Hence his choice for an FFA Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) was easy: take his pig project to the next level. He currently has two sows, a…

BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. airstrike in Syria targeted facilities belonging to a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, killing one fighter and wounding several others, an Iraqi militia official said Friday, signaling the first military…