Month: May 2024

Rising spring temperatures and weather conditions will likely push hundreds of millions of birds northward this weekend — and bird lovers in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa will get a front-row seat. A mind-boggling variety…

Jenna Morrison knows what it means to hit the ground running. It was only last weekend that she graduated at the top of her class at Iola High School. Wasting no time, she has taken…

FRONTENAC — Humboldt High’s golf season came to an end Tuesday at a weather-delayed Class 3A Regional hosted at Frontenac’s Crestwood Country Club. Sophomore Layne Ellison led a trio of Cub golfers on the course,…

PITTSBURG — Humboldt native Maddox Johnson is headed to nationals. Johnson, a freshman at Pittsburg State University, learned Tuesday his 64.91-meter javelin throw at the MIAA Track and Field Championships earlier this month was long…

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks have one more step to climb to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000. Jalen Brunson, after a couple rough games, looks ready…

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Caitlin Clark struggled early in her WNBA debut before finishing with 20 points and 10 turnovers as the Indiana Fever fell to the Connecticut Sun 92-71 on Tuesday night. Alyssa Thomas…

SEATTLE (AP) — Nelson Velázquez put Kansas City ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning, and Michael Wacha worked six dominant innings as the Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Tuesday night.…

It is common to say “I was heartbroken to hear” that so-and-so died, but I really do feel heartbroken having learned about Alice Munro, who died on Monday. As a writer, she modeled, in her…

Tornados can touch down anywhere. They happen so frequently in Kansas they’ve become part of the lore. We’ve seen them in such art as “Tragic Prelude” in the Kansas Statehouse and the more synonymous film…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted…