National Football League: Kansas City Chiefs INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes II could have spent his offseason just about anywhere, back home in Texas perhaps, or maybe even some exotic locale befitting a 20-something…

Thursday Junior Bitty Iola Pharmacy 8, M&W Manufacturing 2 Iola Pharmacy 1B – Maddox Franklin 4, Austin Cooper 3, Corbin Coffield 3, Ron Ballard 2, Milo Franklin 2, Cayden Ratliff 2. 2B – Franklin. M&W…

MIAMI (AP) — The ESPYs are breaking tradition for this year’s Best Coach Award, awarding it posthumously to three Florida high school coaches who died shielding their students from gunfire. Family members of Marjory Stoneman…

1. Yes, Ford fast Toyota’s Kyle Busch, who has four Cup wins this season, said Fords were fast across the board at Michigan, not just the Stewart-Haas Racing cars. “They go down the straightaway really,…

1. Stranger things If you are looking for odd trends this season, look no further than Clint Bowyer’s two Cup Series victories. In both cases, his wins (Martinsville, snow-delayed; Michigan, rain-shortened) were affected by weather,…

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan State University board trustee Brian Mosallam is asking interim school president John Engler to resign immediately. Mosallam released a statement Friday morning, saying the crisis on campus related to Larry Nassar…

At Week’s End What, a young friend asked, did you do as a kid on hot summer days without televisions, computers and other gadgets? The answer was easy: I spent most of my time outdoors,…

Dirt Diggers Garden Club met Wednesday at Shirley Robertson’s home. There, Robertson announced Gregg and Roxanne Hutton were chosen for the June Yard of the Month. Robertson discussed versatile clematis, which bring bright and bold…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump brought the world’s two biggest economies to the brink of a trade war Friday by announcing a 25 percent tariff on up to $50 billion in Chinese imports to…

DISTRICT COURT Judge Daniel Creitz Civil cases filed: Kansas Department of Transportation, Richard Carlson vs. Mid-Cities Motor Freight Inc., other civil Tina L. Wickey vs. Anthony Wickey, protection from stalking State of Kansas ex. Rel,…