The matchup between the four-seed and the five-seed is supposed to be a close game, but Southern Coffey County and Marmaton Valley took it to another level in Tuesday’s 40-36 SCC first-round of substate win.…

HUMBOLDT — Perhaps the sting will subside as Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs process their now-completed 2015-16 campaign, which ended much sooner than they wanted. But for now, a sparkling 14-7 record did little to mask…

OMG. “This is an economic problem, not a tax policy problem,” Gov. Sam Brownback said Tuesday afternoon in response to the news that February’s tax receipts fell short $54 million. Does he think we’re stupid?…

TOWANDA — Betty Jean Otto, 73, homemaker, passed away Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. She is survived by her loving husband of 56 years, Walter; children, Virginia Otto and Kevin (Christine) Otto, all of Towanda; six…

A burning ban was ordered by Allen County commissioners Tuesday from a request by Sheriff Bryan Murphy. “We had 13 grass fires over the weekend and another five (Monday afternoon) east of Humboldt,” Murphy said.…

HUMBOLDT — The first step for most mothers-to-be is to seek out a physician. Almost as quickly, she considers what child care center to use, said Janie Works. For the past decade, many have opted…

Bentlee Patterson joined some rarefied company Monday. The son of Iolans Andrew and Shannon Patterson was born on Leap Day, the quadrennial day added at the end of each February. Bentlee was born at 2:52…

Hillary Clinton stormed closer to the Democratic presidential nomination with her landslide victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday. Today’s Super Tuesday primaries across the South may be the coup de grâce for Bernie Sanders.…

Dear editor, Last Monday morning I awakened to read an overnight email, informing me that one of the people killed in Kalamazoo by the Uber driver was Barbara Hawthorne, a close high school friend. By…

Dear editor, There are over 30,000 people killed a year with guns in the U.S. Half of those deaths are white suicides, approximately 8,000 drug-related. There have been three incidents where someone drove into a…