HUTCHINSON — Allen Community College’s track and field team brought home several top-10 finishes over the weekend at the NJCAA Championships in Hutchinson.Leading the way were ACC’s women, led by Terika Henry’s bronze medal in…

LEAWOOD — The Iola Blue and Gold Soccer Club couldn’t have picked a better time to play at its best.Blue and Gold parlayed its solid play into a tournament championship Saturday and Sunday at the…

Celebrating their tournament championship Sunday in Leawood were Iola Blue and Gold Soccer Club members, front from left, Bret Plumlee, Colin Bedell, Nolan Jones, Jacobee Burtnett, Kendall Jay, Parker Smith and Eason Cheung; second row…

Dear editor,I am writing today (Tuesday) from the basement of the Community National Bank where a group of residents of Allen and Neosho counties have gathered to write letters to encourage Governor Brownback, State Representative…

No structure in the path of Monday’s mile-wide tornado in Moore, Okla., was left standing.To a one, every home, commercial and public building, was wrested from its mooring and flattened.Where the Plaza Towers Elementary School…

Bill Shirley, retired Army command sergeant major and former Iola mayor, will be the featured speaker at Memorial Day services Monday, starting at 11 a.m. in the veterans burial section of Highland Cemetery.Shirley was an…

Damaris Kunkler, program director for Thrive Allen County, is organizing donations to take to victims of the Moore, Okla., tornado. Kunkler will leave at 5 p.m. Friday and requests donations be brought to the Thrive…

Bigger and better is the name of the game for this year’s Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run for You Life.Registration is currently under way for the event and David Toland, executive director for Thrive Allen…

CROSSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE HUMBOLDT — K.B. Criss hovered in the background of a classroom at Minden, Ill., earlier this year, soaking up what he called “phenomenal advantages of digital education.”Students in the class were…

A guest editorial I have taught for 39 years in four school districts. I have seen a lot of changes in our education system, programs, and philosophies. I teach computer applications, keyboarding, yearbook, and health…