Allen County proposes EMS merger “This is something the city wanted; we are about to give it to you, or at least the chance to take it,” Allen County Commissioner Tom Williams said to the…

While in the midst of a remarkable string of winning baseball, Iola’s American Legion squad found itself in a rare position Monday evening — trailing on the scoreboard.The deficit lasted all of half an inning.The…

CHANUTE — The Iola AA Indians batted a remarkable .508 as a team winning its four games at the Paul Lindblad Tournament, scoring 66 runs, driving in 55 and smacking 57 hits.The collective box scores…

CHANUTE — Iola’s AA American Legion squad had its offense on cruise control throughout all four games of a weekend tournament.And it was quite a cruise.The Post 15 Indians were never threatened in crushing Girard,…

The Charley Melvin 5K run first attracted LaRisa Lochner and husband, Brian, because of its unique nature.“It’s not often you run at midnight through a cemetery,” said Lochner.The Lawrence couple will be returning for Friday…

When the telephone rang at 3 a.m. Sunday, Kay Tindel had a bad feeling.Sure enough, a dispatcher at Allen County’s 911 center was on the line informing Tindel her home was on fire. At the…

Kansas City should build a new airport.The current airport is not only old, but also ex- tremely inefficient for trav- elers and airport personnel alike.Yes, yes, the 2004 renova- tion freshened its look. The tile…

Eldene Ellington, 64, Moran, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Moran Man- or Nursing Home.She was born Feb. 1, 1949 in Moran, the daughter of Eldon and Mildred (Hultz) Ellington.    Eldene moved    to    Moran…

James R. Holmes, Garnett, died Satur- day, July 6, 2013. He was born Feb. 29, 1923, in Centerville. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Garnett.Visitation is from 1…

  It has been one week since SAFE BASE returned from Colorado, and I am still recovering — for better or worse.  It took a lot of work from behind the scenes — Mark Dunlap…