Noah Gordon gave the Communion Meditation, “Love is a Verb.” We have a day to celebrate love each year, Valentine’s Day, where people spend billions of dollars on candy, jewelry, cards, eating out, etc. But…

IOLA MUNICIPAL COURT Judge Patti Boyd No seat belt, fined $30 Tera M. Arnold, Humboldt Samantha R. Burks, Belton, Mo. Darla J. Swanson, Iola Donald L. Tidd Jr., Iola Speeding Megan A. Cole, Piqua, 45/35,…

Four Iola High School band students made their first appearance at state competition Wednesday, without ever leaving town. The students performed solos in a small recital at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, and their efforts…

MORAN — Moran’s Emprise Bank branch, which has been mostly closed to the public since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, will close its doors for good June 25. For now, the bank remains open…

ANDERSON, Mo. (AP) — A woman who was named “Grace Doe” after her remains were found in 1990 in southwest Missouri has been identified, McDonald County authorities announced Wednesday. Investigators and forensic science identified the…

WASHINGTON — A more contagious strain of the coronavirus is now predominant in five U.S. regions and accounts for a quarter of new cases nationally, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

It’s time to play ball once again for SEK Impact. The youth baseball program has grown to include four teams — one each for ballplayers 7, 8, 9 and 10 years old — and will…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden outlined a huge $2.3 trillion plan Wednesday to reengineer the nation’s infrastructure in what he billed as “a once-in-a-generation investment in America” that would undo his predecessor’s signature legislative…

HUMBOLDT — A young, inexperienced Humboldt High baseball squad opened the 2021 season on the right foot Tuesday. The Cubs earned a pair of victories over host Neodesha, winning 6-4 and 20-8. “It’s always good…

NEODESHA — Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs came out on the short end of a pair of heartbreakers Tuesday. Host Neodesha scored the decisive run in the bottom of the eighth inning on a bases-loaded walk…