Month: April 2023

In an effort to roll back the state’s law on abortion, Republican legislators say they have the votes to overturn Gov. Laura Kelly’s recent vetoes on three bills. The first is misguidedly referred to as…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High softball team rallied around their most dominant pitcher in a pair of victories, 10-0 and 13-3, over Cherryvale at home Tuesday.  Game one  The Lady Cubs (12-3; 10-1) scored five…

President Biden has accomplished a great deal, but defeating Donald Trump was the achievement that has defined and set the course of his presidency. “When I ran for president four years ago, I said we…

ARMA — Marmaton Valley HIgh’s softball team ran into a Viking-sized buzzsaw on the road Tuesday. The unbeaten Northeast-Arma Vikings improved to 16-0 with 20-0 and 16-1 victories. The setbacks drop Marmaton Valley to 3-11…

President Joe Biden’s announcement Tuesday that he will run for reelection is no surprise. Younger, ambitious Democrats, such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Gov. Gavin Newsom and even Vice President Kamala Harris kept their…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had a “long and meaningful” phone call Wednesday, their first known contact since Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year…

UNIONTOWN — Tuesday’s Uniontown Middle School track meet brought out the best in athletes from Marmaton Valley and Crest. Marmaton Valley hauled in a total of 11 gold medals on the day, including four by…

What bride wants to be pelted with butterfly corpses? My neighbor told me this harrowing scenario recently played out at her granddaughter’s wedding. As the guests filed out of the church to await the newlyweds’…

TOPEKA — Hesston state Rep. Stephen Owens expressed dismay Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill reducing state taxes by a combined $1.4 billion over three years and had the audacity to recommend the one-time handout…

NEODESHA — The Humboldt Middle School track team took some top placements at the Neodesha Invitational on Monday afternoon.  Humboldt’s seventh grade boys team won first place as a team. The eighth grade boys took…