High School Track and Field: Humboldt Cubs The Humboldt track and field team was in action twice last week. The Cubs traveled to Burlington on Tuesday before competing at Neodesha on Thursday. At the Wildcat…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A coordinated double suicide bombing by the Islamic State group hit central Kabul this morning, killing at least 25 people, including nine Afghan journalists, officials said. An AFP photographer, a cameraman…

Middle School Track and Field: Humboldt Cubs The Humboldt Middle School track and field team competed at Burlington on Friday. The seventh-grade girls finished fourth while the boys finished sixth. The eighth-grade girls finished seventh…

The Marmaton Valley Junior High track and field team traveled to Oswego on Thursday. Carissa Mattox led the way with a first-place finish in the discus and Jada Harris finish third in the shot put,…

The ANW Co-op and Allen County Special Olympics team competed in a track meet at Pittsburg State University on April 19. In the standing long jump, Brandon Griggs finished first, Ethan Bairow finished third, Xavier…

Emma Weseloh, a senior at Iola High School, has signed to attend Allen Community College as a member of Fire-starters Dance Team. Weseloh, the daughter of Travis and Kathy Weseloh, studied dance primarily under the…

Rosalee Harrison, age 88, of Iola, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. She was born Jan. 18, 1930, in Hiattville, the daughter of Charles Douglas and Lille Elizabeth (Webb)…

At Week’s End Since colonial times auction sales have had a presence, although in more recent years their frequency has waned a bit. That’s understandable. Each one that goes in the books means there is…

Humanity House We are scrambling like mad to finish everything up at the new Humanity House building. The gardening had been postponed due to the weird attitude of Mother Nature, but with the sunshine and…

Insight Kansas I first met former Governor Bill Avery in December, 2003. He served Kansas in Congress and then as governor in the mid-1960s. His start in Kansas politics came in the early 1950s when,…