HUMBOLDT — Want to slow down Humboldt High’s increasingly potent passing game?There’s one option that may be gaining favor among opposing defensive coordinators: just invent a weather machine that ensures a rainstorm at kickoff.It’s hardly…

Robert “Bert” L. Heiman, 66, passed away Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. He was born July 26, 1946, to Norbert and Leila (Jacobsen) Heiman. He grew up on the family…

Sterlin Ray Michael, 75, Iola, died Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, at his home.Sterlin was born Aug. 16, 1937, in Anderson, Mo., the son of Albert Ray and Beulah Winona (Mitchell) Michael. He moved with the…

David James Bauer, 62, Kansas City, Mo., formerly of the Neosho Falls area, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at his home.David was born Aug. 22, 1950, in Colony, the son of Andy James and Virginia…

A large majority of Kansans disagree with the direction Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature have taken on taxing and spending.The Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University talks to 928 Kansans…

USD 257 board members Monday night moved past some lingering issues, one being the ongoing trophy dilemma. In September the Alumni Endowment Association asked the board if it would donate past, unused trophies kept in…

Updating Iola’s purchasing policy and hiring a new city attorney dominated discussions in Monday’s City Council meeting.Council members discussed issues with the current purchasing policy, which has safeguards in place to help prevent embezzlement and…

It was an appropriate start to the Midwest Crime Stoppers Training Conference Monday, as Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt was invited to speak for the second year. Schimdt’s goal speech was to inform Crimestoppers of…

Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins said she supports Medicare reform to include a system of subsidies to enable seniors to purchase a health insurance policy of their choice or participate in traditional Medicare.Jenkins, 2nd District Republican, in…

An expectation of law enforcement officers is that a desire to share what they have done eventually will aid in identifying those who commit crimes.That, together with advances in crime-fighting technology, led to the arrest…