PLEASANTON — Marmaton Valley Junior High, Crest Middle School and Yates Center Middle School athletes competed Monday at the Pleasanton Invitational, earning several top medals. Seventh grade girls Team scores — 1. Jayhawk-Linn, 99; 2.…

The spring sports season is in full swing with baseball and softball, track and field and golf and boys tennis.  Here are our nominees from the area’s high school and college athletes for the March…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High baseball team got behind a pair of dominant pitching outings and swept Bluestem in their first home games of the season.  The Cubs (6-0) allowed Trey Sommer and Logan Page…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High softball team experienced early pitching struggles and then dominant offense to take an even split against Bluestem at home Monday.  The Lady Cubs (5-1) won a thrilling extra inning 8-7…

LYNDON — The Humboldt High track and field team competed in their second meet of the season at the Lyndon Spring Relays on Friday.  The Humboldt boys claimed fifth place as a team with 46…

The Cinderellas certainly had their moments in this March Madness. More than a few, actually. In the end, it was a familiar face that won the NCAA Tournament. UConn — a No. 4 seed —…

I’ve had three conversations in the past week with three different Kansans, all about the same question. How, they wondered, can we keep the flickering flame of hope alive in a state that seems determined…

After a winter of punishing but indecisive battles, Ukraine is preparing a long-promised spring offensive that officials hope will change the course of the war against Russia. The goal is to break Russia’s hold on…

Five local veterans, Michael J. Fitzgerald of Neosho Falls (Desert Storm), James B. Frye of Yates Center (Vietnam), Francis J. Link of Yates Center (Vietnam), Steven N. Wallace of Colony (Vietnam), and Charles L. Wood…

The Southwind Extension District, in partnership with the Kansas Forage and Grassland Council and the Natural Resource Conservation Service, will host the 2023 Eastern Kansas Grazing School in Bronson May 5 and 6.   The…