Allen County commissioners will meet with Hospital Corporation of America representatives, including Joyce Heismeyer, chief operating officer at Allen County Hospital, soon to get a better feel how HCA might fit into plans for an…

Iolans soon will be eligible to receive thousands of dollars in no-interest loans to make their homes or small businesses more energy efficient.City commissioners Tuesday approved the city’s participation in the Efficiency Kansas Loan Program,…

The residents have been heard, Iola Mayor Bill Maness declared Tuesday.Enough have voiced support for better fishing opportunities locally to convince Maness and Iola’s other city commissioners to begin looking at ways to provide better…

Tracy Lynn Vest, 40, of LaHarpe died Saturday, June 19, 2010, the result of an automobile accident north of Humboldt.She was born Jan. 15, 1970, in Iola, to Dale Dean and Joyce A. (Hydorn) Waddell.…

Charles Burkholder Jr., 62, of LaHarpe died Monday, June 14, 2010, at his home.He was born May 9, 1948, in Wichita, to Charles Burkholder Sr. and Edith Lavon Hudlin.On Dec. 28, 1979, he married Judy…

Melvin Lavern “Bud” Maley, 73, of Iola died Monday, June 21, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.He was born Dec. 9, 1936, on the family farm three miles south of Gas, to Glenn…

Both Rep. Jerry Moran and Sen. Sam Brownback for a period of time lived in an apartment house near the Capitol that is owned by a Christian group known as the Fellowship. Several other members…

EMPORIA — No undefeated championship this week but the Sonic Blast had an impressive run to the championship of Mike’s Sporting Goods Summer Slam.Sonic Blast, an 18-and-under girls’ fast pitch softball team, defeated the Renegades…

Mike Ford,, organizer of Saturday’s Iola Police Department’s 14th annual Hooked on Fishing, Not On Drugs (HOFNOD) fishing derby, know there is one certainty: there are plenty of fish to be caught.“The kids who have…

Several members of the Hospital Facilities Commission said Monday afternoon they were eager for decisions about health care in Allen County to pick up speed and that the process seemed to be languishing.“I have a…