“I came here to see a plane I haven’t seen in 50 years,” Ron Smith said, smiling as he made his way across the concrete apron of the Allen County Regional Airport. His target: Naked…

Should Kansas ban abortion, politicians in Topeka will have some hefty policy decisions to make. “Banning abortion” sounds simple, but realistically that involves choices about penalties, enforcement, and money. If Roe v. Wade is overturned…

HUMBOLDT — Inclement weather has not been friendly to Humboldt Speedway this year, and once again weather played a factor Friday.   Under a constant threat of pop-up showers, Luke Phillips beat the rain to…

BALTIMORE — They pulled it off again. Five years after trainer Chad Brown and owner Seth Klarman took the 2017 Preakness with Cloud Computing, a horse that would never win another race, they targeted the…

Roberta Jo Shirley, age 85, of Iola, passed away Friday, May 20, 2022, at Country Place, Chanute. Roberta was born Nov. 18, 1936, in Kansas City, Mo., to Robert Morgan and Josephine (Rues) Morgan.  Roberta…

Dear Cindy Crandall, I wanted to congratulate you and your newlywed husband, Doug, on your wedding. It is 1983, The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross just debuted on PBS, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” has taken…

Several area high school athletes punched their tickets Friday to the upcoming state track. Iola day at the Class 4A Regional Meet was highlighted by performances from Eli Adams, Brett Willis, Jesse Taylor, Karingten Hall…

The route to a state baseball championship has been laid out for Iola and Crest high schools. Iola will open the Class 4A State Baseball Tournament at 1:15 p.m. Thursday in Salina as the fourth…

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets pitcher Max Scherzer is expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks with a strained oblique muscle in his left side, the latest blow to a New York pitching…

DODGE CITY — Humboldt native Brad Witherspoon has been named head coach of the Dodge City Community College men’s basketball program. Witherspoon worked last year as head coach as Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa. There, in his first…