The Allen County Special Olympics sports team competed in the Girard Unified Cornhole Tournament. It was the first unified cornhole tournament put on in the state of Kansas. Ty Johnson threw with a partner from…

PITTSBURG — The Allen County Special Olympics team competed in the adult basketball district competition on Tuesday night.  Ty Johnson took first place in the individual skills division and second in the speed dribbling.  Ian…

PITTSBURG — The Iola High Special Olympics basketball and Unified Sports Cheer teams stacked up at the SEK Regional event at Pittsburg State University on Wednesday. It was the cheerleading team’s first appearance at the…

PITTSBURG — A pair of local Special Olympics groups were at Pittsburg State University last week for their respective track and field meets. On April 19, Iola Special Olympics members were at PSU’s Carnie Smith…

TOPEKA — A Nebraska higher education administrator was chosen to serve as the 10th president of Pittsburg State University, the Kansas Board of Regents said Friday. Daniel Shipp, with a doctorate in educational leadership from…

LEXINGTON, VA — Carlie Payne, a native of Iola, was recently initiated into the Pittsburg State University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. The Society welcomed 342 new initiates from 11…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High senior Drew Wilhite has been a standout in multiple sports, most notably for his running and jumping abilities in cross country and track and field. He’ll take his talents to Pittsburg…

Iola High School has six music students earning All-District honors in several different disciplines. All will perform at the All-District Concert set for 4:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at Pittsburg State University. Tickets sell for $4…

PITTSBURG — A free concert featuring Mark Hayes, an internationally known composer, conductor and concert pianist, will be at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts on the campus of Pittsburg…

PITTSBURG — Marmaton Valley High School senior math students attended Math Honor Day at Pittsburg State University Oct. 7. Students attended three breakout sessions that helped teach math in different ways. Pittsburg State professors led…