Mid-afternoon Thursday Shawn Geffert looked over 80 acres of corn, some harvested but most still standing. He wrenched the husk from an ear, broke it in two, plucked a kernel and plopped it in his…

High School Football: Blue Comets 49, Mustangs 14 The game itself was well within grasp until late in the third quarter. Iola, down two touchdowns and hoping to see some more sparks of life after…

High School Cross Country: Iola Mustangs and Fillies PARSONS — Both the Mustangs and Fillies were victorious at the Parsons Cross Country meet at Big Hill Lake on Thursday when they passed all-comers on their…

High School Football: Cubs 56, Tornados 6 HUMBOLDT — Humboldt has established itself as having a quick-strike offense, and the Cubs did nothing Friday night to diminish that reputation en route to a 56-6 victory.…

Bob Morgan, who flew the legendary Memphis Belle in World War II, wrote in his memoirs that early in the air war B-17s returning to their bases in England occasionally drifted back over the French…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Myrna Wildschuetz played “The Wayfaring Stranger” on the piano for the prelude and Rita Sanders played “The Church in the Wildwood” on the organ for offertory. For special music, John Burton sang…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Food Bank officials say an expanded Wichita warehouse will allow the organization to provide 1 million more meals across the state. Debi Kreutzman, spokeswoman for the organization, says in a…

In a “dog ate the homework” moment, Allen County commissioners learned Tuesday a comprehensive report on the condition of Humboldt’s Marsh Arch bridge conducted by a Manhattan firm was lost to recent flooding there. Schwab…

Southwind Extension District 4-H members from Allen and Neosho Counties competed Sunday, at the Kansas State Fair Photography Judging Contest. There were 94 youth competing in the intermediate division and 96 in the senior division…

School librarians at USD 257’s elementary schools purchased 104 books, courtesy of a $750 donation from the Iola Kiwanis Club, plus an additional $375 matching grant from Usborne Books. The final tally resulted in 104…