Month: March 2021

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Corrections said Thursday the 16th inmate in the state prison system died after testing positive for COVID-19. Six of the state’s facilities have endured inmate fatalities during the pandemic,…

Greg and Jackie McIntyre hosted a birthday party at their home for their granddaughter Zoey’s ninth birthday. After lunch was served, ice cream and cake were enjoyed by the following guests: Zack, Kady, Kline and…

TOPEKA — Senate Republicans picked up the torch Thursday of an effort to force counties placing COVID-19 restrictions on businesses to reimburse owners for payment of local property taxes and to require the state to…

TOPEKA — Critically needed broadband will soon be available to more than a dozen Kansas communities after the first-round recipients of a state grant program were announced Thursday. The Broadband Acceleration Grant Program, created in…

The next meeting of the Sunflower Quilter’s Guild will be Monday, March 22, 2021, at the Humboldt United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall located at 806 N 9th, Humboldt. The board meeting will take place at…

Robert V. “Bob” Horn, 75, of Chanute, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2021, at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita. Born on Nov. 3, 1945, in Coffeyville, to Vernon and Helen (Howland) Horn, Bob graduated from…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For nearly three decades, Beth Moore has been the very model of a modern Southern Baptist. She loves Jesus and the Bible and has dedicated her life to teaching others why they…

Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, along with former President Barack Obama, appeared together in ad to encourage Americans to get the COVID vaccine. Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, along…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Speedway is taking the proverbial lemon — rainy weather — and making lemonade, in the form of one of the biggest events in local racing history. The arrivals of spring storms this…

President John Masterson is ready to ride into the sunset. Masterson recently announced his retirement to ACC faculty and staff via email, saying he’d “thought long and hard about this decision.” Masterson added that he…