Betty Sue Whitaker, age 81, Humboldt, passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. She was born Dec. 17, 1942, to Raymond Dewey and Ida Angeline (Frye) Clements. Betty Sue was preceded in death by her husband,…

David L. Haar, of Maineville, Ohio, formerly of Iola, Kan., passed on Oct. 6, 2024, at 82 years of age. He was a devoted husband to his wife Kathy for 57 years and father of…

FORT SCOTT — Iola High’s Brooklyn Holloway and Briley Prather put the wraps on the first ever girls golf season in school history Monday. Holloway and Prather took 28th and 29th, respectively, at the Class…

Iola High’s Mustangs will be in Girard Monday to open the Class 3A regional volleyball playoffs. Iola (18-13) is the ninth seed and will play a round-robin tournament against host Girard, the top seed in…

“Foreign nations will be worried about losing their jobs to America,” former president Donald Trump declared at a rally in Savannah, Ga., last month, promising a “manufacturing renaissance” by walling off U.S. markets with high…

COLUMBUS — The Allen County Special Olympic Team was in Columbus Oct. 9 for a cornhole competition. Participants have been learning the ins and outs of the sport, involving tossing bean bags at an inclined…

The case against the death penalty builds, and events this summer and fall have added rocket fuel to arguments to abolish it. This summer, two more men on death row were exonerated, bringing that total…

LE ROY — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s volleyball team kicked off the final week of the 2024 season Monday with matches against Central Heights and Southern Coffey County. The Wildcat A team fell 26-6 and…

Kansas men’s basketball will open the 2024-25 season as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Top 25 for a second straight season and fifth time in poll history. The Jayhawks on Monday received…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wide receiver Rashee Rice had surgery last week to repair the posterolateral corner of his right knee, rather than the ACL that initially was thought to have been damaged in…