The Class of 2020 faced a most unusual end of their high school years because of the coronavirus pandemic. For those who went on to college, what followed was an even more unusual beginning. The…

TOPEKA — Washburn University has announced its spring 2020 Dean’s List honorees. To qualify, a student must be enrolled in 12 hours of graded credits and earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 to…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has at least 18 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as the pandemic continues to spread in the state, officials said Tuesday. Health officials reported the first cases in Douglas County,…

TOPEKA — Iolans Braden Plumlee and Addison Haar and Quentin Mallette of Humboldt have been named to Washburn University’s fall 2019 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must be enrolled in…

The temperature in the Iola High gym ran high as Cal Leonard sliced and diced his way through the lane on Tuesday night. While Leonard could have settled for the simple left-handed finish, he wanted…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Washburn University School of Law will be getting a new home. Washburn’s Board of Regents on Wednesday approved the plan for a $33 million building on the Topeka campus. WIBW reports…

Three area students received academic scholarships to attend Washburn University for their freshman year of college beginning this fall.   Ashlynn Booth, Humboldt, Jasmine Gardner, Moran, and Regan Godderz of Colony, received the scholarships based…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds gathered in Kansas to remember a Washburn University football player who was killed in a shooting that also wounded a friend who had been drafted hours earlier by the New…

The recent New York Giants draft pick injured in a Topeka, Kan., shooting sent a message Monday to his slain Washburn University teammate, thanking him for being a “true friend.” “I love you forever,” Corey…

TOPEKA — Iolan Taelyn Sutterby is one of 23 Washburn University students recently inducted into Phi Alpha social work honor society.  Eighteen of these students are in the master of social work program; five, including…