Humboldt High School’s FFA chapter took home some lofty hardware recently at the Kansas Beef Expo in Hutchinson. Humboldt placed first in the non-reasons division, against more than 275 other contestants. Individually, Trey Sommer took…

MANHATTAN — Area students named to Kansas State University’s fall 2022 honor roll for maintaining at least a 3.75  grade point average are: From Iola — Kasen Fudge, Levi Meiwes and Cole Regehr;   Humboldt…

Local history buffs and owners of old houses filled Iola Public Library’s meeting room Thursday night for “Researching Your Home and the People Who Lived There.” Diana Staresinic-Deane, speaker from Kansas Humanities, identified sources of…

Clarence Robinson, proprietor of Hart’s Cafe, received the man-of-the-year service award of the Iola Junior Chamber of Commerce at a “Bosses’ Night” dinner. Robinson’s outstanding service to Little League Baseball in Iola was noted.  *****…

The top three in each school advance to the Allen County Spelling Bee at 1 p.m. Friday at the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The fourth-place finishers will serve as alternate…

Humboldt’s Mike Myer was in the midst of photographing an unusual confluence of celestial objects — namely the Moon and Jupiter, as seen above, shortly after dusk Wednesday when a passing jet, with its contrails…

Jack and Jeanne Mc-Karnin of Gas celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary today. They were married in Reno, Nevada in February 1963. Happy Diamond Anniversary, Meme and Papa! Your family sends all our love.

The Allen Community College Music Department will offer a concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 2, at the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The theme for the event is “Music To…

INDEPENDENCE — Iola High School’s Forensics team members narrowly missed out on a sweepstakes championship Saturday. The Iola actors and speakers took second place at the Independence Invitational. Iola finished four points behind meet champion…

First Presbyterian Church hosted the first of the community Lenten breakfasts Wednesday morning. Hosts for the next six weeks are: First Christian Church, March 1; Calvary Methodist Church, March 8; no church has signed up…