Month: April 2021

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas expects to lose a total of $360 million in tax revenues over three years because of a change in federal policies on COVID-19 relief for businesses, complicating legislative debates over…

Lois J. Burris, passed away peacefully at the Yates Center Health and Rehab facility on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at the age of 85. Lois Jean Weseloh was born Aug.13, 1935 at Olpe, Kansas. She…

MORAN — Yates Center and Marmaton Valley High’s softball teams treated the crowd to a pair of good, old-fashioned slugfests Thursday. There was some high drama involved as well. Marmaton Valley scored three times in…

HUMBOLDT — So far, so good, for Humboldt High’s baseball team. The Cubs steamrolled visiting Erie in a pair of blowouts Thursday, scoring in every inning of both games to win 20-5 and 12-2. The…

HUMBOLDT — it was a quick turnaround for Humboldt High’s softball team Thursday, still stinging from a pair of heartbreaking losses two nights earlier to open the 2021 season. It didn’t take long for the…

ALTAMONT — Track is back!   After not having a season in 2020, Iola High head track coach Dana Daugharthy had several questions as the Mustang and Fillies returned to action this season. “We really…

HUMBOLDT — Middle-schoolers from Iola, Yates Center and other area schools descended upon Humboldt Thursday for their season-opening track meet, with several picking up gold medals in the process. Local results follow: High jump Seventh…

It’s been a long 18 months since Allen Community College’s soccer team has seen the pitch for a real game. Normally, the Red Devil soccer season is over before Thanksgiving. However, one of the offshoots…

Jeremy McGinnis prefers the KISS approach when it comes to playing soccer. No, not the smoochy kind. He prefers K-I-S-S: “keep it simple, stupid.” “The hardest part of this game is to keep it simple,”…

LAWRENCE, Kan.  (AP) — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has agreed to a new contract that will keep him with the Jayhawks until he retires, even as the school awaits a decision from an independent…