HUMBOLDT — Residential streets here won’t be improved any time soon. Voters in a mail ballot election turned down a half-cent sales tax by better than a two-to-one margin, 441-218. Ballots were tabulated Tuesday evening. …

With walls and a roof going up at the new Allen County Hospital construction site, the portion of the building progress most visible to the general public is well under way. This is the time…

The cash reserves for Allen County Hospital are building month by month thanks to the quarter-cent countywide sales tax — and one-half cent sales tax in Iola — approved in 2010. Every penny will be…

A large part of Cuba went dark Sunday night. The electricity was still off Monday morning and no explanation was made to the public that reached the United States. Cuba’s weather has been calm. Power…

Rep. Tim Huelskamp  of the Kansas First District — where many Kansas farmers live — is one of the reasons Congress didn’t pass a farm bill before it went on vacation last month. Rep. Huelskamp …

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats captured their home MVHS Junior Varsity Invitational volleyball tournament title Saturday. The Wildcat JV beat Uniontown High 15-12, 15-11 in the championship match. The Wildcats went 5-0 to run…

Allen Community College’s soccer teams hosted Cowley Community College Saturday and lost. The Allen women dropped a 4-0 decision to the Tigers. Keelie Arbuckle played in goal and had seven saves for ACC. Jordan Drake…

Senior quarterback Mason Coons, seated right, and junior lineman Derrick Weir, left, were awarded the MVP awards for Iola High’s 40-28 win over Osawatomie by the Cops for Jocks program. The Iola Police Department selects…

Iola High’s Mustang junior varsity steamrolled visiting Osawatomie High’s Trojans 39-6. The Trojan junior varsity offense did not score in the game Monday. The Mustangs were up 26-0 at halftime. They scored three touchdowns in…

HUMBOLDT — Monday night’s school board meeting was Ed Bideau’s, candidate for the House of Representatives, latest stop on his tour of area schools for building better communication.  Bideau, a Chanute Republican, is running unopposed…