Month: September 2021

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Derek Jeter visited Cooperstown when he was a kid nearly four decades ago and says he doesn’t remember much about the trip. He’s returning this week and likely won’t ever forget…

NEW YORK (AP) — For 1 1/2 sets, including one particularly compelling and competitive 24-point game, Novak Djokovic’s fourth-round opponent at the U.S. Open — Jenson Brooksby, the last American left in singles — gave…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Lawsuits were filed Friday challenging a mask mandate for students and staff in elementary schools in Kansas’ most populous county and another mandate requiring everyone 5 and older in a small rural county…

Iola’s Westco appears to be a casualty of a storm that dumped about 8 inches of rain throughout Saturday. The roof of the building at 704 N. State St. collapsed and affected two neighboring businesses.…

A living piece of World War II aviation history will be back in Iola Wednesday. A B-25J — Miss Mitchell — stopped in Iola for refueling Sunday while en route from Minnesota to San Antonio,…

MORAN — After seeing its 2020 season end early due to an insufficient number of available players, Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats opened 2021 with a win Friday. The Wildcats sent the home fans away happy,…

HUMBOLDT — It will be up to Humboldt High’s players to turn a disappointing start to the regular season into something positive, head coach Logan Wyrick said. “I’m kind of anxious,” he said after Friday’s…

HARTFORD, Conn. — It was an anti-mask protest in Cheshire than pushed Brett Joly over the edge. Joly, a middle school teacher in North Haven, had already grown frustrated with a group he saw as…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Wins have been so rare at Kansas over the last decade-plus that it wasn’t too surprising when students spilled from the stands and rushed the field to celebrate Lance Leipold’s first…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Skylar Thompson set the tone for Kansas State when the quarterback put his left shoulder down and bulled into the end zone for the first of his two touchdown runs as…