GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has announced a new daily record high in coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide, with more than 350, 000 infections reported to the U.N. health agency on Friday. The new…

Altoona-Midway schools were closed Friday due to COVID-19. “USD 387 has a COVID issue that is not directly tied to a large number of positive cases,” according Superintendent Brent Kaempfe, adding that a large number…

NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of Broadway will have to wait a little longer for shows to resume — until at least late May. Although an exact date for various performances to resume has yet…

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Les Miles tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and is quarantining in his home, where he plans to fulfill his head coaching responsibilities remotely as the Jayhawks spend a…

Sandi Onstwedder, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary national president, paid a visit to LaHarpe VFW Auxiliary members Thursday, marking the first time the Auxiliary’s national president had paid a visit to LaHarpe. Onstewedder is from…

OSWEGO — Yates Center High’s volleyball team dropped matches to host Oswego and Erie Thursday. Oswego pulled out a pair of hard-earned sets, 25-20 and 26-24. Yates Center then fell to Erie, 25-16 and 25-15.…

ARMA — Marmaton Valley Junior High picked up its second win of the year in an 80-62 win over Northeast. “We still have to do a better job of tackling and tackling as a collective…

Kansas reported an increase of 1,855 positive cases of COVID-19 and an additional 40 deaths from Wednesday to Friday, according to a report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Allen Community College is…

ARMA — It was a case of close, but no cigar for Marmaton Valley Junior High’s volleyball A team Thursday. The Wildcats went down to the wire in a pair of matches, losing both, to…

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting hunger and seeking to end its use as “a weapon of war and conflict” at a time when…