TOPEKA — It is more than 90 degrees outside the Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, but standing in the picket line feels cool compared to inside the warehouse, where at 7 a.m. most days temperatures are…

NEWTON, Kan.; LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — An elderly Kansas couple died after their vehicle collided with a semi on Interstate-135 about two miles south of Newton. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Raymond Bina, 71 and…

Robert Dean Brown, 51, passed away at his home in Humboldt. He is survived by parents, Leroy and Diana Brown, of Iola; brothers, Charles (Cassie) and Brandon, of Iola; Robert W., of Jasper, Mo.; Kevin,…

HUMBOLDT — Iola’s road to a possible state baseball tournament berth just got a bit trickier. The Post 15 AA American Legion Indians ran into the sterling pitching of Silver Lake’s Conner Pruyser, who pitched…

COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are increasing across the United States as the delta variant spreads, putting unvaccinated people in danger. Over the past seven days, COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. increased by 36 percent and…

PHILADELPHIA – Gorillas, otters, aye-ayes, and more will soon be joining the ranks of those vaccinated against COVID-19. The Philadelphia Zoo is gearing up to vaccinate its highest-risk animals with an experimental vaccine developed by…

LOS ANGELES – As the Dixie fire in Butte County balloons in size, the Sugar fire burning in Plumas National Forest north of Sacramento has become the first 100,000-acre fire in California this year. The…

Noah Schowengerdt is your prototypical 13-year-old. His passion — sports, sports and sports. His favorite? “Whatever’s in season,” he said. “I like them all.” He’s done quite well at pretty much all of them, too.…

Roger and Billie Collins have learned to live in the moment. They know how quickly it can all change. On a given morning, Billie might be sitting next to Roger’s bedside in a Texas hospital,…

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: girls from Humboldt are pretty good at softball. The Humboldt girls softball team took home first in the Chanute Recreation Summer League. Members are, front row from left,…