Dearest editor, I found your article on Wednesday’s Planning Commission meeting to be accurate and informative. However, I want to make it clear that the commission was swayed neither by an irate neighbor nor the desperation…

Schane Bauer and Josh Fattal left Iran Wednesday after two years in prison there on charges of spying for the United States. Bail of $500,000 was deposited in Tehran for each. The same payment was…

“Welcome to Kansas,” the bumper sticker reads. “Turn back your clocks 150 years.”The car was in a Lawrence bakery parking lot Tuesday. The sticker wasn’t dated. It could refer to Gov. Sam Brownback’s decision to…

LAWRENCE — Inconsistency continues to hamper Allen County Community College’s golfers.The Red Devils played in the Ottawa Fall Invitational Monday and Tuesday. They   ended up seventh out of eight teams.“We just have to play better…

HIGHLAND — Not a strong showing on the road for Allen County Community College’s Red Devil volleyball team. The Red Devils lost to host Highland Community College’s Scotties Wednesday.The Scotties defeated the Red Devils 26-24,…

Former Iolan Darren Paul Dill, 40, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. Survivors include his father, Kenneth Dill; mother, Rae Ann (Moore) Dill; brother, David Dill; sister, Angela (Randy) Ball; son, Blake; daughter, Ariana; and extended…

Jim Gilpin, trust officer for Iola’s Community National Bank, has a heavily annotated copy of the Allen County section of the Kansas Statistical Abstract he’d like to show you — and show any one else…

ARKANSAS CITY —  A pattern emerged Tuesday as Allen County Community College’s soccer teams finished up. Both the Red Devil women and men lost 3-2 to host Cowley County Community College.In the women’s game, Malia…

Iola Middle School’s Pony girls had a tough time on the volleyball court with visiting Anderson County Middle School of Garnett on Tuesday.“We got off to a great start. The girls were playing together and…

Sports and life are similar.If you believe in yourself and those who work with you, the odds are success will follow. You have to trust yourself and teammates to complete a task.Iola High’s Fillies and…