While most kids have pushed homework far from their minds, Clara Wicoff is still hitting the books. Wicoff, 14, will help represent Kansas in the Scripps National Spelling Bee beginning Tuesday in Washington, D.C.  She’s…

Claudette Olive Veteto Wright was called home by her Lord on Sunday night, May 20, 2012. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 9333 W. 159th St., Overland Park.…

Dear editor, I would like to respectfully disagree with the editor’s May 16 article on “Gay Marriage and the 2012 Campaign.” Mr. Lynn asks, “Why take the trouble to understand what only nerds worry about…

Gov. Sam Brownback loves snappy phrases.  When he first ran for Congress from this district, he promised voters he would “get Uncle Sam off your back and out of your pockets.” Meaning, I guess, that…

HUMBOLDT — One week before Humboldt Speedway’s annual Dwaine Whitworth Memorial Special, Johnny Bone Jr. and Trevor Hunt proved to be tough to beat in their respective divisions at the Speedway. Last Friday’s USRA modifieds…

Heading into the 2012 Kansas High School All-Class Track and Field Championships, Bailey Ambrosier, granddaughter of Sid and Alice Williamson of Gas, is ranked No. 1 in Kansas Class 3A girls’ pole vault. Ambrosier is…

Chanute’s KINZ 95.3 FM Radio will broadcast Humboldt High’s baseball games from the 2012 Kansas Class 3A State Baseball Tournament. The Cubs (23-0) take on Wichita Independent at 11 a.m. Friday in the opening round…

Iola High has four athletes who qualified for Friday and Saturday’s 2012 Kansas State High School All-Class Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium. From Iola High and six area high schools…

Four years straight Iola High’s Fillies have qualified a 4×100-meter relay team. During that time the two constants have been Kelsey Larson and Kendra Taiclet. Larson and Taiclet will finish their IHS careers competing in…

The day may not be far off, Rep. Bill Otto warns, when a resident in Gas could wake up and see school buses from Iola, Humboldt and Moran pick up students along his street. Legislation…