PARSONS — Iola High’s softball team continued its torrid play of late Tuesday, picking up its fourth and fifth wins in a row in convincing fashion. The Fillies steamrolled past host Parsons, 14-3 and 18-3…

PARSONS — Iola High’s Mustangs didn’t let the sting of defeat linger long Tuesday after dropping the first game of their doubleheader, 6-4, to host Parsons. Rather, Iola erupted for eight runs in the first…

PITTSBURG — Iola High’s Chris Holloway kept up his busy week in fine fashion with his second top-10 golf finish in two days. One day after taking sixth at Iola’s invitational tournament, Holloway was the…

Air-tight defense, solid pitching and timely hitting paved the way  Tuesday for Allen Community College’s first win on the softball diamond since March 9. The Red Devils scored five runs in the bottom of the…

CHANUTE — Allen Community College’s baseball team had things well in hand against Cowley. The Red Devils raced to leads of 6-0 and 10-2 on the way to a 14-6 romp. But the fun didn’t…

Marmaton Valley isn’t happy about the distribution of recent wind farm payments to schools. Kim Ensminger, USD 256 superintendent, along with board member Bob Rhodes, shared their concerns with commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting. “I’m expressing…

Besides the danger of contracting COVID-19 itself, the pandemic is revealing other ways health is being negatively affected in Southeast Kansas.  Social isolation, the lack of transportation, housing and access to food make it difficult…

WASHINGTON —  Although congressional negotiators remain optimistic about reaching agreement on a police-reform bill in the coming weeks, many of the same issues that divided Democrats and Republicans last summer when they first tried to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marking his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden will use his first joint address to Congress to pitch a $1.8 trillion investment in children, families and education that would fundamentally…

In the small Nebraska town of Oxford, the school district dropped its mask mandate last month in what was a fairly straight-forward decision: Cases were down dramatically, and it didn’t bother local officials that their…