Month: February 2023

MORAN — It was Senior Night on the schedule, but a pair of juniors held center stage for Marmaton Valley High’s girls Tuesday. Payton Scharff scored 19 and Janae Granere 13 as the Wildcats toppled…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fans lined up Wednesday to get a prime spot in downtown Kansas City as the city celebrates the Kansas City Chiefs’ second Super Bowl championship in two years. Chiefs coach…

There’s much more than just the visual aspect to making a cartoon special, Joel Pierson notes. Music is often as important as the animation to help tell the story. Heck, try thinking of Porky Pig’s…

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Kansas guard Gradey Dick was the main target of jeers from Oklahoma State’s noisy fans Tuesday night. His outside shooting quieted the crowd. The freshman scored 17 of his season-high 26…

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Grant Sherfield scored 22 points and Oklahoma went on a 12-0 run early in the second half on their way to a 79-65 win over No. 12 Kansas State on Tuesday…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: The past two months of my life have been crazy. I was pregnant and broke my water about three months early. I had to stay in the hospital…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Tuesday of a potential “economic catastrophe” if Congress and the White House fail to take action to raise the federal debt ceiling. “In the longer term, a…

TOPEKA, Kansas — Puberty blockers, mastectomies, surgeries that remove “any body part or tissue” and prescribing estrogen to males or testosterone to females to treat gender dysphoria could be essentially unavailable in Kansas to people…

TOPEKA — Between voucher programs and new parental rights legislation, education officials say public schools are having a rough time. During a recording of the Kansas Reflector podcast, Marcus Baltzell, director of communications for the…

The Iola High powerlifting team hosted a home meet Saturday with 14 other schools in attendance.  Iola came away with team victories for both the girls and boys teams. The Mustang boys placed first out…