Month: September 2024

CARBONDALE — Hunter McDaniel ran for 218 yards and four touchdowns Thursday as Iola Middle School’s eighth-graders pummeled host Santa Fe Trail, 36-0. The Mustang seventh-graders were equally impressive, cruising to a 42-0 shutout victory.…

PLEASANTON — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s sports teams gave their hosts from Pleasanton a scare Thursday, but all three — two volleyball teams and the football squad — came up just short of victory. In…

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said Friday it struck the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, where a series of massive explosions leveled multiple buildings and sent clouds of orange and black smoke billowing…

CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Emergency crews rushed Friday to rescue people trapped in flooded homes after Helene roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Florida, generating a massive storm surge and knocking out…

The Major League Baseball playoffs are approaching and a Shohei Ohtani vs. Aaron Judge matchup in the World Series looms as an enticing October possibility. While the rooting interests of baseball fans vary widely, there’s…

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are 3-0, with each victory coming down to the final minute. Based on recent history, Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers will…

Alice Lincoln Hastings passed away comfortably, peacefully and dignified on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, at Heartland Meadows Assisted Living Facility Iola. Alice was born June 8, 1924, in Ybor City, Fla., to Eric and Carrabelle…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Oklahoma State and Kansas State have long considered themselves similar Big 12 programs. They are both land-grant schools, and their football teams have been built upon well-earned reputations for blue-collar toughness…

TCU plays Kansas on Saturday in a Big 12 matchup of teams desperately in need of a win. The Horned Frogs lost by a point to UCF before getting clobbered last week by SMU. The…

TOPEKA — A First Infantry Division brass band played while people laid gold roses before a memorial wreath on the south lawn of the Kansas Statehouse on Thursday to honor family members who died while…