HUMBOLDT  — Another successful year on the baseball and softball diamonds brought home Tri-Valley League honors for several Humboldt High athletes. On the baseball side, senior Sam Hull and juniors Blake Ellis, Kyler Isbell and…

Forgive Dee Bedenbender if his candy-throwing marksmanship is off Saturday. Bedenbender and wife Sheila are the farm marshals for the upcoming Farm-City Days celebration, and thus will be one of the featured participants in Saturday’s…

Iola High School music students have been named to The Southeast Kansas District Honors Concert for Choir/Orchestra/Band/Jazz Band. Students typically perform at Pittsburg State University, but the event has been canceled this year because of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg  lay in state Friday at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman so honored in America, making history again as she had throughout her extraordinary…

Crest High School’s Gregory Hardwick was among the graduating seniors statewide to be recognized as a Governor’s Scholar for his prowess in the classroom. This year’s program was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hardwick…

Friday has been declared as Sid Fleming Day in Iola, in honor of the outgoing city administrator. Fleming announced earlier this year his resignation, effective Friday. He will become the next city manager in Paola.…

HUMBOLDT —  An emotional Joe Works ended his 20-year tenure Monday on the Humboldt USD 258 Board of Education. “Education is very important and Humboldt does a lot of things very well,” said Works, owner…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A group dedicated to preserving and promoting Kansas history has named a longtime state education official and a country music singer-songwriter as its 2019 Kansans of the Year. The Native Sons…

Moran Manor hosted a staff appreciation day Thursday for the nursing home’s part in parent company Americare Senior Living to receive the 2019 Customer Approved Award from NRC Health, a Nebraska-based health care intelligence firm.…

Matt Boeken, right, launches a bean bag toward his target during a spirited corn hole tournament Saturday, one of many events held in conjunction with a picnic to celebrate local veterans. The annual affair is…