Fifty years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ex-pressed his fears that the U.S. would be overrun by military enterprise at the expense of schools and hospitals.Kansans take pride in their native son, affectionately known as…

HUMBOLDT — Something as simple as a picture postcard can rekindle pleasant childhood memories.Such was the case for Kenneth Culbertson, a lifetime resident of the Humboldt area. He was looking through some early postcards and…

TLC Garden Center, LaHarpe, is one of 15 businesses statewide that will be recognized by the Kansas Small Business Development Center for its ability to continue thriving in a sluggish economy.TLC is one of eight…

Linus Thuston Monday night compared the struggles of blacks in America to the plight of the Israelites as they fled Egypt and wandered in the wilderness before reaching the promised land. Thuston, a Chanute attorney,…

USD 257 has 254 employees, including 108 teachers and 10 administrators.Most likely, those numbers will be pared when the 2011-12 school year starts.According to budget proposals made by Gov. Sam Brownback and an analysis by…

Susie Croley Stroud, 63, of Kansas City died Friday, Jan. 14, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.She was born March 14, 1947, in Iola to Earl V. and Mildred C. (Seeber) Croley. She grew up…

PARSONS — Allen County Community College’s Red Devil women continue to struggle. They scored only 11 points in the first half Saturday, losing 66-47 to host Labette Community College’s Cardinals.“We have to figure out at…

PARSONS — Two teams winless in Jayhawk Eastern Division play met Saturday night. Something had to give.Labette Community College’s Cardinals had the upper hand after one half of play, leading the visiting Allen County Community…

The United States is losing its third-largest producer of solar panels to China. Come April, the community of Devens, Mass., will have lost 800 jobs due to the off shoring of production. Iola knows the…

Iolan Joel Wicoff became the 12th resident to file for a seat on Iola’s new city council.Wicoff is the fourth candidate from Iola’s Ward 2, joining Melinda Luttrell, Dana Moodie and Beverly Franklin.“The opportunity obviously…