Month: November 2020

The Class of 2020 faced a most unusual end of their high school years because of the coronavirus pandemic. For those who went on to college, what followed was an even more unusual beginning. The…

Move over NASA, Humboldt has got its very own astrophotographer. Mike Myer has called Allen County home for almost five decades, and currently works in the shipping department at Monarch Cement, but his newest passion…

Merle J. “Butch” Sterling, age 77, of Humboldt, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Merle was born on July 15, 1943, in Chanute, the son of Alvin J. and…

COLONY — Crest High’s Lancers capped their most successful football season in years with a bevy of postseason honors. Crest won its first 10 games, all by at least 30 points, and advanced to the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, ending a yearslong prosecution in the Russia investigation that saw Flynn twice plead guilty to lying to the FBI…

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Coach Mark Few and Gonzaga keep reaching new heights. While the top-ranked Bulldogs opened their season with a 102-90 victory over No. 6 Kansas, Few won his 600th game. “I…

Andy Reid knows quarterbacks. So does Jon Gruden. And Sean Payton. For years, these elite NFL coaches have praised the performances of Tom Brady, Mr. Six Rings. And they do the same now with Patrick…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ani Sirois, a respiratory nurse, has spent months caring for coronavirus patients at a Portland, Oregon, hospital, and she’s only getting busier as infections — and hospitalizations — surge before the…

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has tested positive for COVID-19, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Thursday, the latest player sidelined by a coronavirus outbreak that has imperiled Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A proposal to transform a hotel near downtown Wichita into housing for the homeless goes before the city council next week. The owner of the 316 Hotel has agreed to sell…