Jeff and Gloria Tilman, Calvin and Deana Morrow, Humboldt, and Mark and Katee Thomas, Lee’s Summit, Mo., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Cara Tilman and Tyler Thomas, Joplin, Mo.The bride-elect is…

“Angela Henry, SAFE BASE director, asked for assistance last month, noting that $7,000 would be sufficient to fund the project.”  The fund requested was for a dental clinic for students in USDs 256, 257 and…

An energy bill that will give the United States a stronger position in the booming alternative energy industry and reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil has been introduced by Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and…

ACCC track team has nine Jayhawk East champions, Region VI men’s athlete and men’s coach of the year Allen County Community College’s Red Devil athletes may not have won team championships at the 2010 NJCAA…

BURLINGTON — Yates Center High junior Brae Adams is a three-time Tri-Valley League track champion.Adams used a season’s-best throw of 117 feet, 3 inches to win the discus at the 2010 Tri-Valley League track meet…

PLEASANTON — Winning all three relay races plus six individual events, Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats won the 2010 Three Rivers League boys’ championship by a landslide.Marmaton Valley piled up 167 points to win the boys’…

PLEASANTON — Uniontown High’s Abbie Smith is a triple-triple Three Rivers League track champion. The senior won the 100-meter high hurdles, the long jump and the 300-meter low hurdles in Thursday’s  TRL track meet.Uniontown’s girls…

Attendees at Thursday night’s SAFE BASE end-of-school/10th birthday celebration were mesmerized by Mark Toland’s feats of magic.Toland encouraged youths to follow their dreams as he did in becoming a magician.Toland began performing magic tricks at…

Barbara Leavitt will have bittersweet emotions on June 30 as she walks one last time through the doors of Allen County Community College.“I’ve seen a lot of changes in my 37 years at the college,”…

The same competitive juices that have aided Ryan Latta in his athletic endeavors also have paid off in the classroom.“I’m pretty hard on myself,” the Iola High School senior said. “I don’t like to do…