Month: May 2018

Two incumbents have filed for Allen County Commission seats. John Brocker, appointed to the Third District seat for the remainder of this year, filed in late April for election to the remaining two-year unexpired term…

Cousins Rylan Wilhite and Noah Johnson will celebrate their college graduation today — a week before they graduate from high school at Humboldt. Johnson and Wilhite earned just enough dual credits and college hours to…

Clelia McCrory knows a thing or two about getting kids to learn. She’d taught for 24 years before moving in 2004 to ESSDACK, an education service center in central Kansas. So, when her son, Sam,…

High School Baseball: Humboldt 11, Erie 0; Humboldt 13, Erie 1 The Humboldt winning train just kept on chugging Thursday night when the Cubs hosted Erie for the second series of the season versus the…

High School Track and Field: Humboldt Track Meet Humboldt High School hosted their annual track meet on Thursday and athletes from all around the area descended upon the Humboldt Sports Complex to compete. Crest, Marmaton…

The Crest softball team fell to 4-12 on Tuesday when the Lady Lancers traveled to take on Northeast-Arma. The Lady Lancers fell in game one, 13-1, in five innings and game two, 16-1, in four…

House and Senate negotiators struck a tentative deal Wednesday to prevent changes in federal tax law from ratcheting up state taxes for Kansans. The Senate wanted broader tax cuts in the same bill, but couldn’t…

With work about to start on rebuilding a seven-mile stretch of U.S. 169 south of Iola, a piece of local development will be delayed. Bill Michaud, seeking to build a Sleep Inn and Suites franchise…

An Iola family is in search of a permanent home after their house was destroyed by an early Saturday fire. An electrical fire at the home of Troy Nading, in the 200 block of North…