Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) hosted its seventh annual charity golf tournament June 30 at the Allen County Country Club. Three full flights of teams — 20 four-person teams in all — crowded the course…

Red Devil nation has another athlete pursuing greatness. Former Allen Community College and current University of Mississippi track star Isiah Young is set to run for Olympic gold.  The Junction City product is one of…

Al Weiland, area dirt-track racing icon, is celebrating his 100th birthday today. He will be honored at a public reception from 1 to 4 p.m. at the American Legion, 712 W. Patterson Ave.  Weiland wondered…

City crews will chip-and-seal streets in the northeast part of Iola, starting Tuesday. The work is expected to take two to three weeks. Work will be north of U.S. 54 and east of Cottonwood Street.…

Former Miss America Debra Snodgrass has another unique claim to fame at the Allen County Historical Society Museum. Barnes, a Moran native and Miss America 1968, is the only living member of the ACHS Famous…

Katelyn Hicks has three passions: riding horses, going fast and winning. Her hobby, not so coincidentally, combines all three. Hicks, 5, has already amassed a number of victories on horseback. The most significant was when…

BURLINGTON – A Coffey County woman will spend more than 13 years in prison after being sentenced Thursday in the death of her newborn son.  Karen Marie Bailey, 23, Le Roy, was sentenced to 161…

At 55, Kevin Lind has a second chance at life. Lind, Olathe, recently celebrated his one-year anniversary of having a heart transplant.  Before that, he remembers several close calls – “feeling the sheet come over…

Barbara May Cole, 78, Gas, died Monday, July 2, 2012, at Allen County Hospital in Iola. Cremation has taken place. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.

John Ornelas, 85, Chanute, died Monday, July 2, 2012, at his home. John was born June 16, 1927, at Bassett, the son of Joe and Juanita (Medina) Ornelas. He grew up in the Bassett and…