Month: December 2024

HUMBOLDT — Crest High’s basketball teams could not come up with a victory Friday to cap their respective tournament finales. Crest took on West Elk in the third and final round of the Humboldt-Emprise Bank…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has a high-ankle sprain, additional testing confirmed, and his status for this week’s game against Houston remains in question, a person familiar with the results told…

RICHMOND — A strong finishing kick allowed Iola High to remain a step ahead of Heritage Christian Friday. The Mustangs saw a nine-point second-half lead dissipate before responding with 7-0 run to take a 39-32…

Iola Middle School’s girls wrestling team hit the ground running — and winning a lot — to start its inaugural season. The Mustang grapplers hosted Prairie View, Wellsville and Anderson County for the first-ever IMS…

Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson recently affirmed that, with the Republican legislative majority even stronger after the 2024 elections, the leadership will bring back the push to ban transgender surgery on those under 18 years…

Judging from Thursday evening’s Christmas program, I would argue that second grade is the best of all. The children were idyllic. Neat as a pin. Well-behaved. And enthusiastic.  Such behavior is learned.  Before the program…

In his 2023 book, “Government Gangsters,” Kash Patel, whom Donald Trump says he intends to nominate as the next director of the F.B.I., named 60 people whom he classified as “members of the executive branch…

RICHMOND — Thursday evening showed glimpses of just how good Iola High’s boys can be on the hardwood. After a sluggish start in Thursday’s Ike Cearfoss Memorial Tournament semifinal against Kansas City Christian, the Mustangs…

ICHMOND — There weren’t many style points to be had Thursday for Iola High’s girls. But that’s OK because there weren’t many points of any variety coming from the opposition. The Mustangs pitched a second-quarter…

Iola Elementary School’s second- and fifth-graders presented “Christmas at the Movies” Thursday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Students took turns explaining the story behind each song before they sang such classics as “You’re…