MORAN — The Allen County Multi-Agency Team is hosting a free movie night at 6 p.m. Saturday in the old gymnasium at Marmaton Valley High School. The free event will feature the 2014 animated film,…

Pastor Steve Traw presented his sermon Sunday, “The Resurrection.” The scripture reading came from Mark 16:1-18. Mary Magdalene and Salome went to the tomb with spices to anoint Jesus. They were worried about moving the…

John Francis Shields, age 68, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on April 13, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, surrounded by his loved ones. John was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, to Robert and Patricia (Adams)…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was…

It was with real dismay that I read about the gutting of AmeriCorps on Thursday. The civil service program was created in 1993 as a domestic version of the Peace Corps. AmeriCorps volunteers serve for…

For a few years, a major hotel chain ran a series of commercials that I thought were both highly amusing and quite brilliant. A group of tourists were in the control room of a nuclear…

Underpaid for years, Kansas legislators finally received a substantial pay increase this year.  Instead of a paltry per diem (per day) allowance, they now receive $43,000 per year and remain eligible for KPERS benefits. Normally,…

After splitting Thursday’s non-conference series with Burlington, the Humboldt Cubs will put their undefeated Tri-Valley League record on the line against Caney Valley Tuesday.  The Cubs returned to the TRL with a full head of…

With just a few weeks left in the regular season, the Humboldt Lady Cubs hope to bounce back from Thursday’s 11-2, 15-0 sweep by Burlington.  The Lady Cubs seemed out-matched while stepping up a class…

GARNETT — The Iola Mustangs hope to build from the momentum generated at Thursday’s Anderson County Invitational. With multiple first-place finishes at their second meet of the season, Iola coach David Daugharthy feels their performances…