Month: June 2018

LAHARPE — The LaHarpe City Council has some questions about what could be a hefty electric bill facing the city in the coming months. Council members discussed briefly Wednesday a notice from Westar, the city’s…

Lactation stations — privacy tents set up so young mothers can breastfeed their children at public events — are now available in the Allen County area. Mary Daniels, a nutrition assistant with the Southwind Extension…

High School Softball: Humboldt Lady Cubs Several members of the Humboldt High Lady Cub softball team were named all-Tri-Valley League and 3A all-state after a stellar 20-3 season. Junior centerfielder Morgan Mauk earned first-team honors…

  College athletes will no longer need permission from their coach or school to transfer and receive financial aid from another school. The NCAA Division I Council approved the change effective Oct. 15 on Wednesday.…

MLB: Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Mahle is pitching well in June. Then again, most everyone is pitching well against the Kansas City Royals this month. Mahle allowed three hits while working…

College Basketball: Kansas Jayhawks LAWRENCE, Kan. — Former Kansas combo guard Elijah Johnson playfully approached Charlie Moore after the compact 5-foot-11 KU sophomore stole the basketball and converted a layup to mercifully end the Red…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians will face a choice this November of whether to divide the nation’s most populous state into three, an effort that would radically shake up not only the West Coast, but…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is raising its benchmark interest rate for the second time this year and signaling it may step up its pace of rate increases because of economic growth and inflation.…

A group of Kansans pushing for the creation of a centrist party is right to continue their efforts despite coming up short in 2018. After all, Kansans can only benefit from additional political options, especially…

Dear editor, On May 29, during a scheduled Iola city council meeting with all members present, they voted 6-2 to not raise water rates in two steps. This vote reversed an earlier vote in April…