For about 24 hours June 28 and 29 members of Iola’s Amateur Radio Club will test their skills at responding to an emergency whenever ham radio operators might provide the only link with the outside…

ALICEVILLE — Sarah Fitzwater sat down at her ham radio table on a recent evening to visit with a woman in Emporia. The contact was made special because the two women are blind. Sarah, 37,…

HUMBOLDT — Never was a workshop more aptly named. Saturday’s Day of PRIDE — where representatives from small communities across the state gathered to discuss how they work to improve their hometowns — also allowed…

Yates Center’s Justin Rossillon was named to the Tri-Valley All-League team. He batted .642 (34 of 53) with a .753 on-base percentage and a .962 slugging percentage, or an other-wordly 1.716 OPS. Rossillon had hits…

  Iola’s AA American Legion team will play its first home doubleheader Tuesday at the Humboldt USD 258 Sports Complex instead of Allen Community College. The change of venue was announced this morning. The doubleheader…

William Brooks, 89, Garnett, passed away on Friday, June 13, 2014, at Guest Home Estates in Garnett. He was born Feb. 18, 1925, in Bronson, the son of Albert A. and Leona (Stradley) Brooks. Bill…

Once someone reaches retirement they can enjoy the hobbies that once were neglected by a career.  Now there is time for knitting, reading or scrapbooking.  John Richards’ hobby, gardening, has grown into a full-time activity.…

Offers of help came pouring in once word spread about Anna Hatfield and Gary Pinckney’s plight. The couple had been searching for a home since Saturday after being unable to afford higher rent to stay…

  A smile spreads across Austin Sigg’s face as he displays a picture of his daughter on his phone. She’s in her car seat donning her famous Pebbles Flintstone hair-do, and wearing a pair of…

W hen it comes to beer, business is brewing and it shows no signs of going flat. A Jan. 15 report by the Brewers Association notes America has reached its highest number of breweries since…