PLEASANTON — A tough first inning set the tone for Marmaton Valley High Thursday. The Wildcats allowed six first-inning runs against host Pleasanton and could never recover in a 12-6 setback. Then, the Blu-Jays scored…

HUMBOLDT — Middle-schoolers from Iola and Yates Center were among the track and field athletes who ventured to Humboldt for the Humboldt Middle School Invitational. Iola’s seventh-grade girls and boys both won their respective team…

Wagon wheel impressions still mark the earth of the western Kansas prairie, where, beginning in 1877, Black former slaves journeyed across the plains. Those ruts, a physical reminder of the former slaves’ brave and challenging…

YATES CENTER — Offenses were locked in on both sides Thursday as Crest and Yates Center High’s softball teams fought to a hard-earned doubleheader split. The Lady Lancers picked up their first win of 2024…

Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe, and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds. Since 1979, global…

MMAMATLAKALA, South Africa (AP) — Forensic investigators in South Africa were searching Friday for the bodies of victims after a bus carrying pilgrims to an Easter gathering plunged off a bridge and caught fire. An…

Allen County will seek new bids for a sewer project at the airport, after initial costs came in at $1.7 million more than estimates. The higher costs are attributed to a tight timeline because the…

Fathers and sons share countless experiences, but few have the opportunity to be sworn in simultaneously before the United States Supreme Court. The duo, 31st Judicial District Chief Judge Hon. Daniel D. Creitz and his…

Easter fun abounds this weekend with several egg hunts and festivities across the area. Iola The Iola Recreation Department offers an Easter Candy Hunt at Riverside Park starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. The hunt is…

TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas House declared in a loud, clear voice Wednesday support for a resolution calling on Congress to force federal transportation safety officials to require installation in all new motor vehicles…