Eyes from the University of Texas and Houston were closely watching Independence Community College’s Brittney Reeves on Wednesday night against the Lady Devils.  The attention was well earned as the 6’5” center finished with 23…

During halftime of the Iola  High Mustangs game on Tuesday at Osawatomie, the Unified Sports basketball teams of Iola and Osawatomie took to the hardwood. Special Olympics Unified Sports is an  inclusive sports program that…

There’s not much Autumn Simpson is afraid of trying. “Oh, she’s fearless,” her mother, Tricia, notes. “She’s always been that way.” Simpson, 15, leads a typically busy teenager’s existence. The Marmaton Valley High School sophomore…

Monday’s community forum about a new fieldhouse at Allen Community College was at times encouraging and at others, discouraging. First the positives. The turnout was amazing. A standing-room only crowd showed up, proving area citizens…

WICHITA, Kansas — On Aug. 16, the second day of the school year, students in the Burrton district felt the shake of a 4.2 magnitude earthquake. They knew exactly what to do: hide under their…

Spencer Ames doesn’t brag about his musical talents. “My mother always told me to be humble and kind,” the Allen Community College freshman said. “I don’t say much about my skills on the trombone. I…

BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, they…

Boy Scouts of America has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect the organization and its multibillion-dollar assets from seizure amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits. A once-venerable institution, credited by generations of business and…

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — AVirginia man held a suspect who was trying to steal goats from his farm at gunpoint until authorities could arrive to make an arrest, authorities said. Stafford County deputies responded to…

HANAU, Germany (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting nine people in the German city of Hanau was found dead at his home early today, hours after the attacks in and outside two hookah…