Month: December 2021

ACMAT, the Allen County Multi-Agency Team, is collecting food donations for local pantries this holiday season. Drop-off boxes are at G&W Foods, Thrive Allen County, the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center and Emprise Bank. All…

LABETTE COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — Voters Labette County managed to do something that state law makes difficult when they voted earlier this month to recall their county commissioner. The vote to remove Labette County Commissioner…

By mid-morning, Wes Fowler, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Mayfield, was walking through what remained of his church building, torn to pieces by the devastating tornado that ripped through Mayfield Friday night. “What…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is set to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows today as lawmakers are releasing new details about…

GYPSUM, Kan. (AP) — Two more earthquakes rattled residents in north-central Kansas Saturday evening. The U.S. Geological Survey said nearly 100 people reported feeling the earthquake that struck four miles southwest of Gypsum shortly after…

Overdraft fee horror stories are well known: A mom goes to the store to buy milk and peanut butter. She doesn’t have enough money in her account. Her bank charges an overdraft fee, making a…

GARNETT — Iola High School sent seven wrestlers to the Anderson County invitational on Saturday. Two Mustangs pinned down wins in their weight classes, while the team finished sixth with 114.5 points, a good showing…

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Tornadoes and severe weather wreaked major damage in multiple states late Friday, tearing through a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois, a nursing home in Arkansas and numerous…

HUMBOLDT — A crucial six-point swing put Humboldt High behind the 8-ball Friday. The Cubs had erased a second-half deficit and were knotted with Erie, 27-27, toward the end of the third quarter. Humboldt was…

RICHMOND — Iola High School’s boys’ basketball team broke through for their first win on Friday against Pomona’s West Franklin High School. The win was in doubt for a while, but the Mustangs stormed back…