NEODESHA — The Humboldt High baseball team swept a pair of games against the Neodesha Bluestreaks in their season opener Monday evening.   In the first game, Humboldt exploded at the plate for 14 runs,…

INDEPENDENCE — The Iola High tennis team came in fourth  at a meet in Independence Monday afternoon. Ethan Riebel played singles while Zach Pfaff and Trapper Boren and Payton Kern and Brody Thompson played doubles.…

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley High baseball team started strong behind the arm of senior pitcher Wyatt Ard in the first game for an 18-3 win.  The Wildcats (1-1) weren’t as fortunate in their second…

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley High softball team began their season by dropping a couple of home games against St. Paul on Monday evening.  The Wildcats (0-2) went ahead in the bottom of the first…

WICHITA — Tyler Nolte, a student at Nemaha Central/Elementary School, won the Sunflower State Spelling Bee Saturday. Nolte is in eighth grade. Nolte’s winning words were gadzookery and drumlin.  The competition was at Newman University…

CANEY VALLEY — Humboldt High golfers William Kobold and Curt Shannon participated in the Caney Valley Invitational on Monday afternoon. Kobold placed in 34th overall, racking up a total score of 124. Shannon finished in…

Driver injured Cody A. Beard, 35, Fayette, Ala., was westbound on U.S. 54 Sunday, about two miles east of Moran, when his semitractor-trailer unit went off the roadway, striking a culvert. The truck and trailer…

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Dawn Staley knows what’s next for unbeaten South Carolina — a matchup the whole women’s college basketball world is eager to see. But for now, the coach wants to revel in…

William Franklin Winner, 67, died Saturday, March 25, at Allen County Regional Hospital. William was born to Seth and Mary (Welch) Winner on Jan. 4, 1956, in Iola. William was united in marriage to Karen…

Darrell Dwayne Peters, 77, died Wednesday,  March 22, 2023, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park.  Darrell was born Dec. 4, 1945, in Liberal, Mo., the son of Eldon Peters and Frances (Truskett) Donald.  He…