HUMBOLDT — The learning at Humboldt Middle School is picking up steam this month. Middle-schoolers are in the midst of a three-week Summer STEAM Academy, where they are learning the basics of computer coding, drone…

HUMBOLDT — If you think “bruncherie” sounds like a made-up word, you’re only partly right. A bruncherie (also spelled brunchery) is becoming a sort of modern term for a restaurant that specializes in serving brunch,…

PARSONS — Humboldt native Winter Snyder added another feather to her batting helmet this month. The Labette Community College sophomore garnered NJCAA All-American honors as a designated hitter. Snyder, who nearly quit the sport after…

The official result of the Humboldt USD 258 school bond election came in at 256 “yes” votes to 125 opposed. County commissioners conducted the official canvass of the election, which took place on May 24.…

Gov. Laura Kelly visits with Lisse Regehr, CEO of Thrive Allen County, at a fundraiser Thursday night at Perry’s in Humboldt. Kelly and her running mate, Lt. Gov. David Toland, hobnobbed with an estimated 75…

HUMBOLDT — A $2.1 million state transportation grant will allow Monarch Cement to build nearly 9,000 feet of railroad tracks and eliminate about 2,800 truckloads of deliveries each year.  Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Department…

HUMBOLDT — Todd Cranson grew up in New Orleans, went to college in Illinois and now works as a music professor at the University of South Dakota. But his ties to Humboldt — where he’d…

HUMBOLDT — Voters will decide on a $17.45 million bond issue Tuesday to renovate Humboldt schools. Voting is from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Humboldt Methodist Church, 806 N. Ninth St.  If successful, updates…

A dozen Iola Rotarians were at Humboldt’s Monarch Cement Thursday for an up-close tour of the plant’s operations. During the tour, Monarch operations supervisor Dennis Osborn shows Monarch’s roller mill area. The group also visited…

HUMBOLDT — Prairie View High broke open a close game in the middle innings Tuesday, and in so doing, ended Humboldt High’s softball season. The Buffalos erupted for eight runs in the top of the…