YATES CENTER — While both basketball teams already knew when and where they would be playing next week to start the postseason, Humboldt and Yates Center had some unfinished business to take care of Thursday…

YATES CENTER — There aren’t many buildings that have their own lazy river as one of its hidden features. Of course, there aren’t many buildings like Yates Center’s Town Hall. And now, armed with a…

Concerns about the rise in COVID-19 have prompted organizers to call off this year’s Iola Christmas Vespers concert. The concert had been scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Iola’s Wesley United Methodist Church. Meanwhile, Yates Center…

YATES CENTER — Connie Schmidt loves to sew. So much so, that she’s opened 4 Golden Stitches, a new quilt shop on the east side of the square in Yates Center. According to the Elsmore…

A bumblebee visits a sunflower at the Woodson Wildlife Area west of Yates Center, operated by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.

Parker Stapp remembers his youth, spending pretty much every waking moment of his summers at the pool. “It was my babysitter,” he chuckled Fast-forward to Thursday, when a combination of summer heat and a bit…

The train calls. Do you hear it? Though you can feel it in your bones, that strange magnetic energy that holds you in place despite tons of speeding and unstoppable machinery careening your way. Near…

WICHITA — A smaller, yet no less electric, atmosphere is in store for area track and field athletes as they head to the state meet at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium. In a departure from…

YATES CENTER — An Independence man with a lengthy criminal history that includes multiple shootings and police chases was arrested Thursday after a frenzied search by air and foot.  Benjamin Whitaker, age 20, is in…

YATES CENTER — Both Yates Center High and Crest High’s squads continued tournament play Thursday. The Wildcat girls fell to Cherryvale, 51-40, but still drew praise from head coach Abbie Collins. “We may have lost,…