TOPEKA — A new Kansas law adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism — a definition that has been criticized for conflating criticism of the state of Israel with antisemitism. The legislature…

Adventure and learning opportunities abound for USD 257 students this summer. In 2013, SAFE BASE took 68 students and an assortment of adults on a trip to Colorado, offering hiking and whitewater rafting. A little…

HUMBOLDT — Barbecue and beer are a natural pairing, local chef Austin Honaker told Humboldt Council members in an appeal to allow alcohol consumption at this summer’s barbecue cookoff on the downtown square.  Honaker, owner…

An attempted break-in in Iola and subsequent pursuit led to the arrest of a Le Roy man Tuesday afternoon. Samuel Van Patten, 44, Le Roy, faces multiple charges after he led officers on a lengthy…

The Israeli defense minister says his country’s troops will stay in “security zones” in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, after Israel unilaterally expanded its frontiers in the war unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel says it…

The Crest Lancers got back on the right track after sweeping Oswego 13-3 and 25-2 Monday.  After being on the wrong end of a sweep to Olpe, the Lancers rebounded with a blowout of the…

Despite fielding only four of five varsity golfers, the Humboldt Cubs took third at Monday’s Erie Invitational.  The Cubs were among six competing teams with a total score of 407 strokes, which was 80 strokes…

The Yates Center Wildcats’ losing streak extended to five games following Monday’s sweep by the Northeast Vikings.  Although the Wildcats had an uptick in hits from their last doubleheader against Central Heights, the result was…

In the Oval Office Monday, Salvadoran strongman Nayib Bukele and wannabe American strongman Donald Trump sat together and, among other things, explained why Maryland father Kilmar Abrego García, sent illegally to Bukele’s CECOT mega-prison at…

Iola has an abundance of folks who go above and beyond, helping make the community a better place to live. Mayor Steve French would like to see some of that benevolence formally recognized. French brought…