PITTSBURG — Humboldt High’s softball team saw its season ended with the pitching of St. Mary’s Colgan pitcher Kaitlin Crossland Wednesday. Crossland, who had tossed a five-inning no-hitter earlier in the day against Northeast, shut…

The rain just keeps on falling, but county officials aren’t yet too concerned about flooding. According to the Iola Water Plant, more than 3.26 inches of rain fell Wednesday night, which brings the total for…

PAOLA — Let’s try this again. Marmaton Valley High’s softball team, slated to play its Class 2-1A Regional Tournament semifinal Wednesday against Central Heights, instead had their game postponed due to rainy weather. The contest…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is facing increasing pressure from companies, business groups and prominent Republicans to have Kansas stop paying an extra $300 a week in benefits to unemployed workers. The…

Iola City Councilman Gene Myrick has filed for re-election. Myrick’s filing ensures at least one contested seat is up for grabs in the 2021 city elections. Myrick, who lives in Iola’s Third Ward,  will face…

Kansas dodged a bullet: There won’t be a law requiring public school students under the age of 12 to submit to NRA indoctrination. House Bill 2089, passed by the legislature but vetoed by the Governor,…

In my neighborhood, I’m known as the “animal person.” People ask me for help and advice on everything from getting a lost dog back home safely to identifying the species of frog they heard croaking…

“Milk drinkers make better rowers” is the sign painted on the oar-lock innertube raft powered by Ron Coltrane, Mike Pucket and Doug Coltrane which was the first raft under the Neosho River bridge at Humboldt…

TOPEKA — Five of six universities in the Kansas Board of Regents system Wednesday recommended no tuition increase for undergraduate students in the upcoming academic year, while Kansas State University outlined a new tuition and…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — People will be able to get beer and cocktails to go in Kansas after the coronavirus pandemic thanks to a measure signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Laura Kelly. The new…