Month: April 2026

HUMBOLDT — After falling to the Chanute Comets 7-3 Wednesday night, the Humboldt Cubs didn’t have much time to mull over the loss, hosting Fredonia Thursday evening in a doubleheader. (Results were not available before…

CHANUTE — The Iola Mustangs returned from the Chanute Invitational with a few medals Thursday.  Sophomore Mosiah Fawson took third in No. 1 singles while No. 1 doubles senior tandem Ruger Boren and Brodie Thompson…

Allen Community College guard Clyde Davis Jr. made a strong first impression in his inaugural year with the Red Devils after NJCAA officials named him as an All-American honorable mention.   Davis Jr. was one of…

Humboldt’s thinclads competed at the Eureka Invitational, where the seventh-grade boys took second as a team with 84 points, while the seventh-grade girls (70 points), eighth-grade girls (93) and eighth-grade boys (68) all took third.…

TOPEKA — The Republican-led Kansas Legislature reconvenes Thursday to weigh Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of two dozen separate bills and line-item vetoes of more than 30 provisions in a state budget bill the Democratic governor…

TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Derek Schmidt of Kansas said the military campaign against Iran should continue until U.S. forces resolved the threat of Iran’s deployment of nuclear weapons and eroded that country’s ability to destabilize…

The after-school USD 257 SAFE BASE program joined forces with Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the 31st Judicial District in recognizing April as Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. The kids and CASA advocates planted…

John Vogel, 67, Moran, Kan., died March 29, 2026, following a brief battle with cancer. He was born June 7, 1958, in Seattle, Wash., to Richard and Carol (Colwell) Vogel. He was married to Deanna…

LAHARPE — Harry Lee Jr., LaHarpe’s newly minted mayor, sounded a call to arms Wednesday. Lee spoke at the outset of the City Council’s monthly meeting, asking LaHarpe’s citizenry to help address the city’s biggest…

A connection trail linking Lehigh Portland State Park and the Southwind Rail Trail south of Iola, has been shuttered. The Lehigh Portland Trails group announced the closure in a Facebook post this week. The link…