Month: April 2024

MANHATTAN — The National Endowment for the Humanities is supporting Kansas State University’s Land Treaties Project to produce educational materials that tell the history of Kansas’s land acquisition and the removal of the Kaw Nation.…

City Slickers 4-H met March 10 at the Riverside Party Community Building.   After reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H Pledge, the club sang “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” Roll call, “What are you…

It’s human nature to tell stories about the past, and doctors aren’t immune to that impulse. The second year medical students rotating through my clinic have me reflecting on my own years as a fledgling…

Almost a week later, my husband and I are still reliving the nightmare. Last Saturday, we fell victim to a phishing attack and were almost scammed out of $50,000. It began with a text that…

Iola High School sent track and field athletes to competitions in three venues Thursday. A couple of schedule changes prompted the split. The first occurred when organizers of a junior varsity track meet in Chanute…

Crest High School senior Zander Robb has signed with Fort Scott Community College on a rodeo scholarship. He is the son of Ashley Robb and Kenneth Powell of Colony. From left, Kenneth Powell, Ashley Robb,…

One thing I’ll never forget about the O.J. Simspon trial was the collective audible gasp in the newsroom when he was acquitted in the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron…

BURLINGTON — While Humboldt High came up short on the scoreboard Thursday, “games like this will only make us better,” head baseball coach Mike Miller said. The Cubs ran into the pitching of Burlington’s Mickey…

BURLINGTON — The Humboldt High girls had their hands full with Burlington softball standout Grace Birk Thursday. Birk, a junior, struck out 15 Lady Cub batters, setting her school’s career strikeout record in the process,…

MORAN — Crest High continues to demonstrate that all roads to the top of the Three Rivers League go through Colony. The three-time defending TRL champion Lancers continued their league dominance Thursday with 11-0 and…