COLONY — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats withstood a ferocious Crest High comeback attempt on the softball diamond Thursday. Marmaton Valley led 9-2 after 4½ innings, only to see Crest score three times in the fifth,…

HUMBOLDT — A number of area athletes showed off their track and field prowess at the Humboldt Invitational Thursday. Leading the way was four-time gold medalist Drew Wilhite of Humboldt, who took first in the…

Allen Community College’s baseball team crammed a season’s worth of drama into its first, and only, homestand of the regular season. For the second time in three days, the Red Devils ended the game in…

A furious, late-season hot stretch came to a screeching halt for Allen Community College’s softball team Thursday. The Red Devils, riding a season-best five-game winning streak, were swept by visiting Kansas City Kansas, 7-2 and…

In an ideal world, when a person falls ill, there’s a support system to help pull them through. Charlie Murphey lives in that world. On Jan. 12, he tested positive for COVID-19. Four days later,…

Jenna Curry and Chloe Sell may be teenagers, but they already have a lifelong nemesis: dandelions. “Dumb dandelions. Those are awful,” Chloe lamented. “We mowed at the Bank of Gas Friday night, then we drove…

Iola City Council members will have a “big picture” discussion Monday on ambulance services provided by the city. The city’s contract to provide countywide ambulance service via the Iola Fire Department expires Dec. 31, and…

The Allen County Farmers’ Market is back in action for the season, along with a full list of artists who will be performing as part of Thrive Allen County’s Music at the Market program. Locations…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has requested less than 9% of its federal allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses for this week, as Republican state lawmakers try to revive proposals to ban government vaccine passports and…

Stock car racing season opens at Lapland track, Gas City. Glen and Lyle Harvey will open “Lapland” for the fifth season and look forward to a good year of entertainment for hotrod fans.  ***** Allen…