COLBY — Clint Stoy had a hunch it would be tough to come back in their Region VI playoff series against Colby. One day after dropping a 14-13 slugfest that ended with a Colby walk-off…

UNIONTOWN —  A three-run rally in the fifth gave Marmaton Valley High’s softball team a lift Thursday at rival Uniontown. But the host Eagles responded with three of their own in the bottom of the…

There’s a good reason why people care so much about county roads and bridges, according to Mark Griffith. “That’s what they travel on every day. That’s what they take their kids to school on,” he…

A macroburst storm in 1986 will be the topic of the Allen County Historical Society’s spring meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the John Silas Bass Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye St.  The storm hit…

Wallace and Delores Strickler are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary with a card shower hosted by their children. Wallace, the son of Ora and Virgie Strickler, married Delores Smith, the daughter of Lloyd and Goldie…

Ann and Brad Lea of Iola are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Chelsea McKenzie Blanche Lea, to Joshua Lee Hawley, son of Kathy and Jason Hawley.  Chelsea received a bachelor’s degree in…

“If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it still make a sound?” The essence of the popular conundrum is not the travel of sound waves, but if the fact…

Prior to my time as secretary of commerce, you could see me under the dome of the Capitol leading rallies with a pickle jar in my hand talking about the need for Medicaid expansion. Why…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel issued subpoenas Thursday to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers in its probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, an extraordinary step that has little…

TOPEKA — The State Board of Education is focusing on recommendations from a state commission report on racial equity issues, particularly ways to update or address zero-tolerance policies in Kansas schools. The second annual report…