Monday night’s storms dumped almost 2 inches of rain on an already water-logged Riverside Park. Ball field #1, above, was a breeding ground for minnows, tadpoles and mosquitoes.

WELLSVILLE — Iola Middle School ended its 2024 track and field season with a bang Monday. The Mustang athletes brought home plenty of gold — nine individual event champions — while the IMS seventh-grade girls…

MARYVILLE, Mo. — Pittsburg State University’s storied track and field team had a bit of a local flavor as the Gorilla men’s team won their fourth consecutive MIAA team championship over the weekend. Humboldt natives…

A cool north wind did little to chill the fun Saturday at Iola’s Riverside Park as the City of Iola and USD 257 hosted a Youth Track Meet for youngsters from preschool through sixth grade.…

With the longest high school baseball season on record in the rear view mirror, a number of tantalizing matchups beckon for area teams as they hit the postseason this week. Iola, Humboldt, Crest, Marmaton Valley…

MELVERN — Marmaton Valley High’s remarkable baseball resurgence continued Friday. The Wildcats, who were unable to field enough players for a team as recently as 2020, ended their 2024 regular season campaign on a 10-game…

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and warned that future gag order violations could send him to jail, while jurors heard detailed testimony…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel began striking targets in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, its leaders said Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal. Still, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said…

Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper…

CHANUTE — It started as a tennis match. But after 2½  glorious hours of building tension, trading volleys and finally pulling out a heart-pounding three-set classic over Fort Scott’s Malachi Larson and Mykael Lewis, Iola…