Because of the pandemic and its restrictions, the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral at Windsor was less grand event than might once have been expected. Only 30 mourners attended. Television ensured that this private ceremony of…

Too many routine police encounters are ending with unarmed citizens being killed, with people of color disproportionately being targeted. Two shocking videos released last week, one depicting the shooting death of an unarmed 13-year-old boy,…

Dear Carolyn: My heart is broken. For the third time in my life, at 51, I fell for someone, and now that he’s rejected me, it hurts as badly as when I was 24 and…

GARNETT — Iola High took a smaller than normal contingent of athletes to Garnett’s annual Anderson County Invitational Thursday. That’s because track and field head coach Dana Daugharthy opted to send several of his frontline…

HUMBOLDT — These tie-breaking home runs are becoming something of a habit for Humboldt High’s Emily Ross. Thursday’s shot, a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth, erased a 2-1 deficit and paved…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s baseball team dropped to .500 on the season Thursday, after a pair of late Burlington rallies were enough to sweep past the Cubs. Humboldt dropped to 6-6 with the 8-5 and…

MOUND CITY — Offense was hard to come by Thursday for Marmaton Valley High’s softball team, which dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker at Jayhawk-Linn in the first game of a doubleheader, and then falling, 8-1, in…

FORT SCOTT — Allen Community College’s baseball team continues to tally up the miles as its season-long road trip continues. On Thursday, the Red Devils ventured east to take on Fort Scott. Allen had things…

KANSAS CITY — Allen Community College’s softball team found itself behind the eight ball Wednesday. The Red Devils were limited to five hits and one run in the opener at Kansas City Kansas Wednesday in…

YATES CENTER — A pack of area high-schoolers hit some high marks on the track and in the field Tuesday at the 2021 Wildcat Invitational. Humboldt High’s Drew Wilhite was a three-time gold medalist, winning…