Month: September 2018

Mid-afternoon Thursday Shawn Geffert looked over 80 acres of corn, some harvested but most still standing. He wrenched the husk from an ear, broke it in two, plucked a kernel and plopped it in his…

High School Football: Blue Comets 49, Mustangs 14 The game itself was well within grasp until late in the third quarter. Iola, down two touchdowns and hoping to see some more sparks of life after…

High School Cross Country: Iola Mustangs and Fillies PARSONS — Both the Mustangs and Fillies were victorious at the Parsons Cross Country meet at Big Hill Lake on Thursday when they passed all-comers on their…

High School Football: Cubs 56, Tornados 6 HUMBOLDT — Humboldt has established itself as having a quick-strike offense, and the Cubs did nothing Friday night to diminish that reputation en route to a 56-6 victory.…

High School Football: Blue Devils 66, Wildcats 30 SEDAN — First the bad news. Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats got off to a brutal start Friday against host Sedan. The Wildcats surrendered a long touchdown run…

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A swift Utah wildfire fanned by high winds has more than doubled its size as it burns through dry terrain and forces evacuations of hundreds of homes, the U.S. Forest…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An observatory in the mountains of southern New Mexico that is dedicated to unlocking the mysteries of the sun has found itself at the center of a mystery that is creating…

Bob Morgan, who flew the legendary Memphis Belle in World War II, wrote in his memoirs that early in the air war B-17s returning to their bases in England occasionally drifted back over the French…

LAWRENCE, Mass. (AP) — Investigators worked Friday to pinpoint the cause of a series of fiery natural gas explosions that killed a teen driver in his car just hours after he got his license, injured…

Apple might have started its annual September product event Wednesday with a video inspired by the “Mission: Impossible” movie franchise, but in setting a new bar for pricing its biggest generator of sales, Chief Executive…