State Sen. Jean Schodorf, a moderate Republican who chairs the Senate Education Committee and has held her office since 2001, has announced that she is leaving the Republican Party. She hasn’t made up her mind…

MORAN — St. Paul ran over Marmaton Valley Junior High’s football Wildcats Thursday night. The Wildcats lost their season opener 42-12. St. Paul led 20-0 at halftime and 36-0 after three quarters. Marmaton Valley got…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Middle School’s Lady Cubs won two A-team volleyball matches Thursday to begin their season. The Lady Cubs defeated Eureka 25-20, 25-14 and 25-22, 26-24. Sydney Houk had six kills and two ace…

GARNETT — Humboldt High cross country runners opened the 2012 season at Thursday’s Anderson County High Invitational. Nick Keazer was the lone Humboldt runner in varsity action. He finished 66th in the boy’s 5K race…

HUMBOLDT — Hurricane Isaac proved to be too much for local stock car racing on Thursday and Friday. The remnants of the hurricane brought rains to the Humboldt area and wiped out the final night…

CHERRYVALE — Iola High’s junior varsity football team came up short Monday in its second game of the season. Cherryvale High’s Chargers got past the Mustangs 22-14. Keanen Badders scored on a 78-yard run for…

Iola High head coach Doug Kerr knows that weather conditions had something to do with 12 fumbles by the Cherryvale High Chargers Friday night. The Chargers lost four of those fumbles to the Mustangs. But…

WICHITA — Only four-year college teams were better than the Allen Community College cross country teams at Saturday’s Wichita State J.K. Gold Classic. Allen’s women finished third with 103 points behind host Wichita State, 26…

Nutrition comes in a hurry for Iola High School students these days. Nearly 100 high-schoolers have taken advantage of “second breakfast,” a 10-minute break midway through their morning schedules in order to grab what amounts…

Hannah Platt considered  teaching when she was a student. Platt is a new fourth grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary. During her senior year at Iola High School, 2005-06, Platt mentored students at McKinley Elementary and…