Month: August 2022

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Monday said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that is investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brady Singer pitched six dominant innings and the Kansas City Royals ended the Dodgers’ 12-game winning streak, blanking Los Angeles 4-0 Sunday. A day after hitting six home runs in…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The 10-foot par putt in regulation was so crucial and the moment so important that Will Zalatoris doesn’t remember screaming out when he made it, “What are they gonna say now?”…

Extreme heat this year has triggered wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. Less expectedly, it’s also revealed some weird and dark things about our past — shipwrecks, corpses, ghost villages, ornamental gardens and ancient cities. Here’s…

The arrival of the 2022-23 school year offers up the first big test at Iola Elementary School: safely and efficiently depositing 500 or so students each day at a single building. With classes set to…

After a short illness, Lois Mary (Pearson) Smith passed away in her sleep in the early evening of Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, at her home in Humboldt. She was 92. She was born April 26,…

Rodney Charles Thummel, 66, passed away on Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Iola. He grew up in Chanute, and was a student at St. Patrick’s Catholic School and Chanute High School. Rodney left high school…

Ella Taylor sees a world of possibilities. Taylor, a 2020 graduate of Iola High School, recently returned after two back-to-back study abroad programs.  The experience has her thinking about future travel opportunities. Perhaps she might…

Water Wars returned to Humboldt on Saturday, drawing a crowd of about 3,000 for the parade, where float participants soaked the crowd — and the crowd fired back.

Six-man football has sparked a unique and exciting new brand of the sport with decreasing numbers of enrollment at a number of high schools across Kansas.  The new format is now officially a Kansas State…