Roger Carswell is the new director of Iola Public Library and the Southeast Kansas Library Systems. He replaces Ray Willson, who will retire in July.  *** Jean Barber soon will leave her desk in the…

If we are going to save democracy in this country — and make no mistake, that fight is being waged right this very minute — voters must have faith in the election system. And there’s…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High’s Trey Sommer has provided his school some of the best sports moments of the year and that didn’t change on Friday when he hit the game-winning basket with only a few…

Kansas’s rural identity is struggling. Partly this is because it’s not entirely accurate. The state’s population of 2.9 million is concentrated in the cities and suburbs of the Topeka-Lawrence-Kansas City nexus, with nearly 1.2 million…

The Allen Community College men and women tipped off their 2023 slate of home KJCCC conference matchups on Saturday when they split a pair of games with Labette Community College.  The Red Devil men (12-5;…

YATES CENTER — The Yates Center High boys lacked an offensive identity in their loss to Pleasanton on Friday night.  The Wildcats (1-6) scored 10 points in the first quarter but couldn’t scratch across any…

The Buffalo Bills blew a 17-point advantage before recovering to win Sunday. That narrow escape came less than 24 hours after the Jacksonville Jaguars overcame a 27-point deficit and pulled off one of the most…

As egg prices are skyrocketing and it may be costing you more to eat out, you may be asking yourself why all of this is happening, if you haven’t turned on the news much lately. …

Houston and Kansas remained firmly atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll Monday after a record weekend of Top 25 losses, while Florida Atlantic took advantage of the chaos to crack the ranking for…

Humboldt schools welcome the new year with a massive construction project, one of several big changes ahead for USD 258. Superintendent Amber Wheeler offered a look at what she expects the district to face in…