The USD 257 Board of Education will take a trip down memory lane Monday when members host their regularly scheduled meeting at LaHarpe City Hall.  The building used to be LaHarpe Elementary School. The district…

The upcoming Allen Community College drama season will feature mystery and suspense, large doses of humor and plenty of music. “We have an exciting year planned,” said Tony Piazza, drama instructor at the college. Rehearsals…

The country has been taken by election fever. News of upcoming races can be seen on television, over the Internet and now in the USD 257 elementary schools.  Monday, SAFE BASE will kick off its…

Economic realities may force city and county directors to develop one ambulance service — at last. At Friday’s meeting of the Ambulance Advisory Committee, members agreed to ask city and county directors to develop a…

Above, an approaching storm front Friday afternoon creates an ominous shelf cloud moments before torrential downpours and strong winds whipped through Gas. Right, this large limb fell across the street in the 300 block of…

Memorials in honor of Iolan Fred E. Anderson, whose death and funeral information was included previously, may be sent to the Wounded Warrior Project. Memorial gifts may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial…

Donald Tice, 83, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. He was born July 15, 1929, in Moran. He lived in Iola most of his life, where he worked for the City of Iola for…

Helen Marie Smith, 87, Moran, died Monday Sept. 3, 2012, at Allen County Hospital. She was born July 8, 1925, in Bourbon County, the daughter of William Elmer and Zaida Marie (Worden) Ross. She married…

A study published last week in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that fitness in middle age gives people a much better chance of staying healthier longer. This is much better news for those now…

LE ROY — There wasn’t a big secret to his success as a coach, according Bill Freeman. “I always had good players. They had talent and I was able to get them to work for…