Basketball debates are at the forefront this time of year. It’s March Madness as the NCAA basketball tournaments get under way for a three-week run.Debates began last week as selection time drew near for both…

Register/Jocelyn SheetsOn the ping of the bat — Bretton Ater of Allen County Community College makes contact for a single in Thursday’s second game against visiting Highland Community College. The Red Devils swept the Jayhawk…

PIQUA — Transfer of about $200,000 worth of corn stored outdoors since last fall’s harvest to weather-proof bins should be completed today at Piqua Farmers Co-op.State regulations affecting grain purchase require stored grain to be…

Kim Bender figures it was “a one in a billion” chance that somebody would drive into the side of her restaurant, B & B Country Cafe, until it happened about a month ago.Imagine her surprise…

Iola’s downtown square has a well-deserved reputation because of its wide sidewalks, cleanliness and ornate lighting, a group of about 20 agreed Thursday.But with those strengths are areas that could be improved.Accessibility is one, noted…

Former Iola resident Martha Keplinger Cook, 82, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at her home in Ventura, Calif., with her companion, Duane Rodgers, at her side.  She was born Dec. 7, 1927, in Kansas City,…

C. Opal Hayes, 107, of Iola died Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.She was born Jan. 19, 1903, on Peck Hill west of Iola, the daughter of Charles and Eleanor…

Perhaps Kansas can coast for a while on its laurels of having the best roads in the nation. They sure feel good. Up until last year the state has had two 10-year plans to maintain…

Ed Wilkerson reached a coaching milestone a week ago.When Allen County Community College’s Red Devil softball team defeated Labette Community College 2-0 in Parsons on March 9, the Red Devils handed their head coach his…

Five Southern Coffey County High basketball players received postseason honors from Lyon County League coaches. The league coaches made the 2009-2010 All-Lyon County League basketball selections at the end of the regular season.Senior Shelby Birk…