Due to the inclement weather, we will not be delivering a newspaper Thursday, February 17. We plan to either deliver today’s edition tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 18, or with our Saturday 2/19 paper.  Please call our…

BEIJING (AP) — A Russian woman was standing atop the figure skating podium at the Beijing Games on Thursday night. It just wasn’t the one anyone expected.  Even the fact that there was a podium was…

Rebecca Harvey of Kincaid, a senior at Crest High School, is one of four Fifth District students to be appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy. ***** Students living…

FORT SCOTT — Allen’s men’s basketball is on a roll. The Red Devils defeated Fort Scott Community College 73-55 on Wednesday to extend its winning streak to two games. The Greyhounds jumped out to an…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Middle School girls season ended with a bang on Monday night. The Cubs swept Caney Valley. The A team won 48-12. The B team won 16-11 and the C team won…

Naomi Jane Pratt, 92, Iola, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, at Moran Manor. Janie was born Feb. 3, 1930, in Oklahoma to Cecil Runer and Marie (Medearis) Runer. She and Harvey Pratt were married July…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A winter storm sweeping across the country Thursday from the Texas Panhandle to the upper reaches of Maine turned streets in major Kansas and Missouri cities into ice-slicked rinks before dawn.The…

BEIJING (AP) — The United States may have lost the gold medal 10 minutes into the Olympics. Two weeks before facing Canada in the women’s hockey final, the Americans watched first-line center and arguably their…

COLONY — Students at Crest schools were honored for their perseverance in the classroom Tuesday. The students for the “Never Give Up” awards have demonstrated resilience, perseverance and grit in and out of the classroom,…

One of a half-dozen bills opponents say are meant to end renewable energy in Kansas won’t make it out of committee, the senator leading the charge said Wednesday.  As he prepared to adjourn the Senate…