CHANUTE — Go long enough into any softball season, and a team invariably will encounter hitting or pitching slumps. For Iola High, the struggles in 2024 have been with its fielding. The Mustangs were plagued…

In my few years on the periphery of Kansas political life, I had the opportunity to work on a governor’s staff, to be a legislative assistant to the speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives…

CHANUTE — The ability to execute in pressure situations told the tale Friday for Iola High. The Mustangs jumped out to an early 4-1 lead over host Chanute, but could not keep the Blue Comets…

An early rally from Allen Community College in Game 1 and a late rally from Neosho County Community College in the nightcap resulted in a doubleheader split between the two rivals Saturday. The Red Devils…

Walking across the parking lot coming from Aldi, where I had picked up food for the next few days, my heart was struggling. It was sunny and warm, and I was wearing a sundress and…

Iola High tennis coach Chris Belknap was only half joking Friday when he suggested Independence has earned a new nickname. “We will be forever calling Indy “windy,” due to never having a lack of wind…

NBC made the right decision in reversing course on hiring former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel to be a regular contributor. McDaniel’s support for Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen from…

ALTAMONT — Iola High’s strong junior varsity performances Thursday at the Labette County Invitational should be a harbinger of big things to come, head coach David Daugharthy said. “I’m extremely proud of this group of…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals’ top brass gathered in the Kauffman Stadium Hall of Fame building last August, flanked in a room by renderings of two contrasting stadium projects — two finalists, they said,…

TOPEKA — The Marion County Record has filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit against local authorities who planned and carried out the raid last year of the newspaper office and publishers’ home, accusing the “co-conspirators”…