UNIONTOWN — Area volleyball teams are hitting the home stretch in style. Saturday’s Uniontown tournament was a pristine example. Southern Coffey County High went 5-0 to win the tournament championship. Crest went 3-1, falling only…

After hearing from a parent concerned about the spread of COVID-19 in Iola schools, board members asked for updates from the building principals.  They said the district’s new “Test to Stay and Learn” policy seems…

Because malaria is generally not a problem in the United States, the news that a vaccine has been developed for the mosquito-borne disease didn’t make the headlines. That’s a shame. On average, malaria kills 400,000…

The Iola school district has 28 fewer students this year, part of a trend of declining enrollment in the district and the Southeast Kansas region overall. Superintendent Stacey Fager discussed the latest enrollment numbers after…

Finding the Farm-City Days medallion required a bit of knowledge about superheroes, Allen County trivia and an active imagination.  And had the hunt lasted long enough, being familiar with the works of Shakespeare would have…

Jon Gruden had to go. At a time when messages such as “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” are stenciled into every end zone in the league, when women have joined the ranks…

A Nobel Peace Prize doesn’t solve thorny political problems. It didn’t draw a line under apartheid when South African activist Albert Luthuli won it in 1960, or bring freedom to the Soviet Union when physicist…

HUMBOLDT — If Cole Herder had a crystal ball, then last January he would have instructed the higher-ups to purchase as much natural gas as their tanks could hold. And that’s when prices are typically…

RALEIGH, N.C. — With Pfizer officially requesting emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, the process has started for the company’s COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized for children ages 5 to 11. Currently,…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Brown in overtime to give the Baltimore Ravens a 31-25 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night. Jackson threw for a career-high…