Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs and Cubs swept doubleheaders in Tri-Valley League play Wednesday at Eureka. That put both Humboldt teams at 8-0 for the season. Their league doubleheaders at Yates Center Thursday were rained out.…

Allen Community College played three non-conference softball games in two days and went 2-1. The Red Devils dominated host Cottey College’s Comets in Nevada, Mo., on Wednesday, winning 19-0 and 17-1. Each game went just…

Allen Community College’s baseball team lost 5-4 in Wednesday’s nine-inning game against host Ottawa University’s junior varsity. The Red Devils are 16-22 overall. They take a 10-14 Jayhawk Eastern Division record into this weekend’s four-game…

PARSONS — Iola High’s Mustangs combined for a fifth-place finish in Thursday’s Parsons High Invitational golf tournament. The Mustangs had a 383 team score for the 18-hole competition. Fort Scott rolled to the team championship…

Life sports are important to discover at a young age. “Archery is a life sport that students can learn now and enjoy at any age. They can develop into bow hunters or just target shooters,”…

Titanic trivia was the theme for Jefferson Elementary School fifth-grader Gentry Dougherty Friday. Dougherty, who created a display to commemorate the ocean liner earlier this spring, visited a number of classrooms to share Titanic facts…

Andy Shaw, completing his first year as an assistant basketball coach at Allen Community College, was handed the reins of the men’s basketball squad Thursday. Shaw was hired by ACC trustees at their regular meeting…

Work is under way on a new housing complex for Allen Community College. The three-story sixplex — situated near a series of ACC duplexes along White Boulevard — should be finished by the time the…

The ante was upped for Project 17 when the state’s top commerce official announced Friday Gov. Sam Brownback’s plans to funnel another $500,000 of state funds to the 17-county revitalization effort.  Already writing a one-year,…

An inability to reach the landowner has delayed plans to build a dog park in the south part of Iola. City Administrator Carl Slaugh said the city has been unable to reach the owner of…