Month: February 2026

TOPEKA — Central Christian Academy and Atchison County Community Schools serve distinct K-12 populations, but superintendents of both oppose a proposed mandate by the Kansas Legislature to force private and public schools to ban personal…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles…

It was the most consequential camping trip in American history: In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican, asked the naturalist John Muir to guide him into the wilderness of California’s Yosemite Valley.  After three days…

Iola High School Mustangs posted their first top-three finish in the program’s history at the Pioneer League Championship at Thursday’s regular season finale in Burlington.  Sophomore Kevon Loving, 144 lbs., headlined nine IHS grapplers reaching…

EUREKA — Humboldt senior Savannah Koch, 190 lbs., (19-14) and junior Willow LaCrone, 115 lbs., (21-6) wrapped up the regular season as Tri-Valley League champions at Eureka Thursday.  With the regional tournament slated for next…

BURLINGTON — Iola High School junior Zoey Hesse, 190 lbs., and freshman heavyweight Kaelin Rodriguez finished first and second respectively at Thursday’s Pioneer League Championship.  Hesse won the title in a best of three series…

ustangs ended with a few fireworks while on the road against the Santa Fe Trail Chargers Thursday. After opening with 14-13 victory in a combined seventh and eighth-grade junior varsity contest, the Mustangs varsity seventh…

EUREKA — Humboldt Cubs wrestlers Emmitt Carson, Broc Ivy and Bentley Kolb returned from the Tri-Valley League Championship with medals Thursday night. They hope for a repeat performance when they return to Eureka for the…

The Humboldt Middle School Lady Cubs suffered a pair of losses against Bluestem Thursday night.  The A-Team fell 26-15 and the B-Team fell 31-12 and look for a rebound Monday when they head to Bluestem…

President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer he would consider restoring funding for the Hudson River Tunnel project if lawmakers backed renaming at least two transit hubs after him, three sources confirmed to…