Month: May 2023

The value of a well-rounded education was proven once again in the 2022-23 school year with the announcement of this year’s Kansas Governor’s Scholars. Locally, Iola High’s Jesse Taylor, Humboldt High’s Maddox Johnson, Marmaton Valley…

Millions of Americans in the past few years have run into this experience: filing a health-care insurance claim that once might have been paid immediately but instead is just as quickly denied. If the experience…

A country-pop foursome is coming to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center on Saturday. The Hall Sisters draw inspiration from past decades, combining their favorite bits and pieces of iconic sounds to create their own style. …

Debt-ceiling talks between White House and congressional aides are set to intensify as negotiators seek a framework agreement for Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to review upon the president’s return from a truncated…

Russia’s Vladimir Putin launched another missile barrage on Ukraine early Tuesday, and thanks to Western air defenses Kyiv says it took down 18 projectiles, including six hypersonic missiles. If true, this is another testament that…

Iola High music students Kalibre Smith and Keira Fawson took violin solos to the State Music Solo Festival Competition April 29. Fawson earned a I rating, the highest possible, while Smith earned a II rating…

A seventh inning go-ahead run by Baldwin was all the Bulldogs needed to sink Iola High’s baseball team in the Class 4A first round regional playoff at Allen Community College Tuesday.  The Mustangs (12-7) were…

PRAIRIE VILLAGE — The Crest High baseball team continued its quest for another Class 2-1A state tournament appearance with a first round regional victory over Maranatha Christian Academy of Shawnee on Tuesday.  The Lancers (20-0)…

Dear Carolyn: My husband and I both work in creative fields and have been through financially lean years for most of our marriage. We are very lucky; our parents, especially my in-laws, have helped us…

BURLINGTON — The Humboldt High baseball team needed only three innings to demolish Peabody Burns in the opening round Class 3A regional playoff game in Burlington Tuesday. The Cubs (19-1) scored five runs in each…