At the June 27, 2024, meeting of the Wyandotte County Board of Commissioners, community members in attendance were upset for at least two reasons. First, the commissioners were late to their own meeting. One commenter…

“I’m growing worms,” Shawn Geffert chuckled as he thumbed through the soil on his acreage just north of Humboldt. The 42-year-old farmer has been awarded this year’s Kansas Bankers Association Soil Conservation Award. Looking at…

The phone hasn’t stopped ringing, even though Friday’s show at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center was sold out weeks ago. “I think I got six calls yesterday,” Mandy Moyer, Bowlus director, said Tuesday morning. “Tickets…

TOPEKA — A familiar proposal encouraging Kansas legislators to limit the federal government’s influence returned Monday to the Statehouse. Senate Concurrent Resolution 1604 addresses a desire to impose term limits on federal officials, concerns over…

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents who participated in investigations related to President Donald Trump have sued over Justice Department efforts to develop a list of employees involved in those inquiries that they fear could be…

Donald Trump is provoking a U.S. constitutional crisis, claiming sweeping powers to override or bypass Congress’s control over spending in a brazen attempt to centralize financial power in the executive branch.  If he succeeds, Nobel…

It was an arm injury, of all things, that convinced Iola High senior Elza Clift that she needed to continue playing softball at the college level. Clift, a mainstay pitcher for Iola pretty much since…

LA CYGNE — March Madness came early for Iola Middle School. The Mustang seventh-graders were at Prairie View Monday, and despite leading most of the night, Iola found itself on the short end of a…

LEON — Humboldt Middle School’s boys rode a hot start to a Tri-Valley League Tournament win Monday. The Cubs zipped out to an 18-11 lead after one quarter. After a slow second period, Humboldt kicked…

PRATT — A bases-loaded grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning spoiled a dazzling Allen Community College comeback. The Red Devil baseball team was in Pratt Saturday for a doubleheader to wrap up…