On Sept. 11, 1945, a month after U.S. warplanes dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Walter Lippmann wrote in the New York Herald Tribune:“. . . if we allow fools among us to brandish…

The SEK Vipers 14U traveling softball team came away with second place over the weekend at the USSSA 9th Annual Kansas Explosion II Cancer Benefit in Paola. Back row, from left, Coach Corey Schinstock, Alexis…

The Humboldt High School football team opens up the playoffs for area teams tonight as they take on 8-1 Wellsville on the road. The Cubs were 7-2 this season and missed out on a district…

Roughly three-fifths of the way into the NJCAA Region VI men’s cross country meet on Monday, Red Devils head coach Vince DeGrado called off the dogs. The Allen County Men’s team had clinched their third…

Donning Halloween costumes this morning were Age to Age Preschoolers, above from left, Phil Churning, Dominic Hyden and Brynlee Thompson. At bottom, Steve Orcutt’s lavishly decorated yard at 109 N. Cottonwood St. awaits scores of…

LAHARPE — The Light of LaHarpe Church will once again host a community Thanksgiving Day dinner to any and all.“We don’t want anybody to feel like nobody cares,” said Debbie Bearden, who along with husband…

HUMBOLDT – With the obvious decision apparent, Humboldt council members authorized purchase of a new pump section assembly for the city’s 25-year-old fire truck at a special meeting Monday evening.Cost will be $21,200, said Chief…

Dale Ray Yowell, 65, Humboldt, passed away at his home Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017. Dale was born on Oct. 23, 1952, in Chanute, the son of Eldon C.B. and Ruth Louise (LaSalle) Yowell. He married…

Three things are plaguing our nation: acquiring and using illegal drugs; excessive consumption of alcohol and tobacco products; disregarding restrictions on prescription drugs.There is a fourth reality that in any number of ways can lead…

SEVERANCE — Murl Cleo Corbet, 96, died Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, at the Olathe Health Center Hospice House in Olathe.  Born April 6, 1921, in Severance, he was the son of Guy and Mabel (Watkins)…