MORAN — While the community celebrates Kansas’ sesquicentennial as part of Moran Days this weekend, locals will get to learn about pieces of Moran’s history as well.Saturday’s festivities will once again include the time-honored Moran…

Allen County Hospital trustees were caught off guard at their meeting Tuesday night by questions from Iola City Administrator Carl Slaugh as to their “expectations” of Iola’s role in extending utilities to the proposed site…

Influenza vaccine arrived early this year at the Allen County headquarters of the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department.“We started getting it (doses) about two weeks ago and now we have all 500” authorized for Allen…

Iolan Lee Berg, 19, was arrested late Tuesday morning on 21 felony counts of arson in a series of rural fires that have plagued Carlyle and Geneva townships the past month.Berg, an Allen County volunteer…

Marjorie Lou Porter, 85, was granted her Angel Wings on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.  She was preceded in death by her first husband, Louis N. Harry, of Iola, Kan., and her husband of 53 years,…

Maurice William “Bill” Werner Sr., 75, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at his home.  He was born Oct. 22, 1935, on the family home near Fidelity, to Martin and Mary Grewing Werner.…

Clarence John Owens, 91, of Iola and formerly of rural Humboldt died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.Clarence was born Feb. 18, 1920, in Pershing, Okla., to Loren John and Cordia…

An area’s welfare is often reflected in its housing stock.In Allen County, almost 40 percent of the homes are rentals with median rent rates of $671 a month.The median cost of a house in Allen…

HUTCHINSON — Allen County Community College’s women lost  8-0 to host Hutchinson Community College Saturday.The Red Devil women’s soccer team is 2-3 overall. It is 1-1 in Region VI play.Allen County’s women and men  (1-3)…

Iola High’s freshman volleyball team played at home Monday against the Burlington High’s C-team.The freshman Fillies lost the best-three-out-of-five match to the Wildcats. Burlington won 28-26, 25-21, 25-21.The Fillies were led in serving by Addie…