Month: April 2025

The Allen Red Devils’ slide extended to eight games after falling to the Kansas City Kansas Community College Blue Devils 10-0 and 14-4 Friday.  Allen’s losses continue piling up as the Red Devils enter their…

Throngs of Iola youth filled Riverside Park’s recreation building Saturday morning for the City of Iola’s annual Easter candy hunt, as shown above. With soggy weekend conditions leaving over 3.5 inches of rain, the event…

Several hundred federal employees who help keep invasive pests and plant diseases out of the United States have accepted buyout offers from the Trump administration, which could leave the agricultural industry vulnerable to the destruction…

FREDONIA — Wilson County is one step closer to housing what would be — at least for now — the largest solar farm in the state. The Wilson County Commission approved earlier this month a…

A bipartisan-backed bill in Congress seeks to help young farmers and ranchers gain better access to farmland, responding to a growing challenge recently highlighted by Investigate Midwest. The New Producer Economic Security Act would increase…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House expressed support Monday for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following media reports that he shared sensitive military details in another Signal messaging chat, this time with his wife and brother. Neither the White…

HUMBOLDT — The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilters Guild will be Monday, April 28, at the Humboldt United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 806 N. Ninth St. The board meeting starts at 9:30 a.m.; the…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon for Easter Sunday was “The Victory,” from John 20:1-10. The disciples finally understood what Jesus had been trying to tell them when they saw the empty tomb. Satan thought that he…

MORAN — Thrive Allen County will host a community conversation in Moran Tuesday, April 29. Residents are invited to share their visions of the future of the community. The conversation will start at 6 p.m.,…

Spellers, unite! Allen Community College will host an adult spelling bee at 6 p.m. April 30 as a fundraiser to benefit the college’s GED (general education development) and CTE (career technology education) programs. Teams of…