WICHITA — Crest High’s Rene Rodriguez qualified for the Kansas Class 1A State Cross Country Tournament Saturday.Rodriguez ran the 5K course at Wichita’s Cessna Activity Center in 19 minutes, 11.09 seconds, good enough for seventh…

LE ROY — Southern Coffey County High’s Lady Titans swept their way past a pair of Kansas Class 1A, Division II opponents on the volleyball court to earn a trip to the state tournament.The top-seeded…

EL DORADO — A case of the nerves did in Iola High’s Fillies Saturday.Iola, seeded sixth in the Kansas Class 4A Substate Tournament, could not overcome the jitters against third-seeded Towanda-Circle in a 25-16, 25-10…

GARNETT — Iola High’s cross country runners mixed three parts triumph and one part heartbreak on a glorious Saturday afternoon.Iola’s boys, battling through a season plagued by injury, took home a state-qualifying team performance at…

Dozens of hot rods, speedsters and trucks were in full form Saturday for the Farm-City Days car show on the west side of the square, and Iola resident Rick Dougherty is no stranger to having…

Saturday dawned crisp and clear, with balmy weather to follow — perfect conditions for capping Iola’s 41st annual Farm-City Days.“It was 39 degrees when we got up this morning (before dawn) to get the booth…

A KU center is developing processes for extracting industrial chemicals from cellulose that could create a major new industry for Kansas.Bala Subramaniam, director of the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, presented an outline of the…

LE ROY — Crest High Lancer’s offense struck from the air and the ground in a 58-12 win over Southern Coffey County High’s Titans Friday night. The Lancers scored 52 points in the first half…

MORAN — A bout with the flu could not stop the Marmaton Valley High Wildcats from flexing their offensive muscle in Friday’s rout of Yates Center High. Senior Night for Marmaton Valley was over quickly…

HUMBOLDT — Hayden Boring boomed a 39-yard field goal as time expired in the first half here Friday night to give Humboldt’s Cub a 37-0 lead over Fredonia and invoke the mercy rule.But, it was…