Month: October 2022

The Iola Special Olympics unified team was honored at halftime of the Iola football homecoming game on Friday night. The team competes in basketball, bowling, bocce ball, cheerleading and track and field. The Special Olympics…

Also helping host the event were Humboldt PRIDE representatives. The meeting ended with a tour aboard the Fearless Fred Trolley to see some of the Iola group’s accomplishments, from downtown building beautification to the South…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Doc Rivers is at ease using his platform as an NBA coach to fight bigotry and racial injustice, campaign for politicians he believes in and advocate for social change on themes…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday will survey damage from Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico, where tens of thousands of people are still without power two weeks after the storm hit. The Category…

Allen County Regional Hospital has upgraded its electronic medical record (EMR) system to the Epic platform, according to a Saint Luke’s press release. The change will allow the hospital and the primary care clinics in…

Beverly Ann Murrill, 88, of Humboldt, passed away Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, at Country Place, Chanute. Beverly was born June 30, 1934, in Girard, to John C. Zeibert and Bernice (LaRue) Zeibert.  Beverly graduated in…

June O’Dell, 90, of Iola, died in her home surrounded by her family on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.  Iris June O’Dell was born Oct. 1, 1932, in Fayette County, Ill., to Minnie and Herbert Roe.…

The Russians are catching on that President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine is not going so well. Putin’s call for conscription of an estimated 300,000 reservists has brought the war into their homes.…

First, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Donald Trump appointee, granted the former president’s request for a “special master” to review documents he took from the White House, a baffling decision derided by legal experts…

Humboldt celebrated its 64th Biblesta festival on Saturday with gospel music, children’s activities, a bean feed and the renowned parade, featuring Biblical stories. The one-of-its-kind celebration featured a parade depicting scenes taken directly from Scripture.