Former LaHarpe resident Raleigh Dale Prather, 75, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Homestead of Auburn Assisted Living in Auburn.He was born Jan. 11, 1936, in Sulphur Springs, Ark., to Mose Alfred and Mary Marie…

Saturday morning the area lost a warm and loving young mother and wife in a tragic car accident.Pam Hutton lost control of her car on an icy bridge and was hit by an oncoming truck.…

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Commissioner Gary McIntosh thinks Allen County could fare better if it had a county manager.He sees an administrator whose sole focus is the county’s “big picture” as better than the current arrangement of where the…

EL DORADO — Allen County Community College’s softball team may have regretted moving up their doubleheader at Butler Community College a day. The two were to have played today but Thursday saw Butler win two…

Two more games in before opening Jayhawk Eastern Division play is a good thing for Allen County Community College’s baseball team.The Red Devils, who were 0-4, broke into the win column at home Thursday. They…

SEDAN — Yates Center High’s Wildcats led top-ranked Pittsburg St. Mary’s-Colgan High’s Panthers 5-0 to open their Kansas Class 2A Substate Basketball Tournament semifinal game Thursday.Then reality set in as the Panthers clamped down defensively,…

Composure. Defense. Clutch free throw shooting.All three came into play for Southern Coffey County High’s Lady Titans here Thursday. The Lady Titans were locked in a close contest with St. Paul High’s Indians during a…

Mary M. Phillips, 88, of Kansas City, who has family living in the Iola area, died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. She was born Oct. 29, 1922, in Urich, Mo., to Joseph Dawson and Cora Belle…

Tina Marie Hodo, 46, of LaHarpe died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, at her home in LaHarpe.She was born May 27, 1964, in Kansas City, Mo., to Ben and Paula (Beyer) Greenlee Sr. She grew up…