Humboldt Middle School’s boys team continued their season with a road trip to Leon-Bluestem Middle on Monday night. The Cubs split with Bluestem, winning the A game 28-20 but dropping the B game 25-21. In…

The NBA season has reached the midway point, with a record number of players already having gotten minutes. Virus-related issues have forced every team to scramble on some nights to find players with plenty of…

HUMBOLDT — It seems the folks running the New York Times have discovered something we’ve known for quite a while now. Humboldt is a happening place to be. At the start of each year, the…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic held a practice session on Tuesday, a day after he left immigration detention, focusing on defending his Australian Open title even while he still faces the prospect of deportation…

In what would normally have been a routine affair, a new mayor and Iola City Council were sworn into office Monday with an extra layer of emotion. Along with the swearing in of Mayor Steve…

The winter break brought a respite from COVID-19 for Iola elementary schools. Principals at Lincoln and Jefferson reported they had few, if any, cases after students returned to class last week. Lincoln Principal Andy Gottlob…

From the NFC North to the AFC East, the firings began almost immediately after the NFL’s first 17-game season concluded. The Vikings fired coach Mike Zimmer and general manager Rick Spielman on Monday following an…

Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all.…

HUMBOLDT — Another reminder of the pandemic raised its head Monday night when Humboldt council met in a hybrid fashion with several members opting to attend remotely from their homes. Missing entirely from the action…

PJ night and bird feeders were the theme of the Jan. 3 meeting of the Prairie Dell 4-H Club. Keeping with the winter theme, song leader Lainey Church led members in singing “Frosty the Snowman.”…