CHERRYVALE — Perhaps it was an optical illusion, sparked by host Cherryvale High’s new camouflaged jerseys.“It seemed like every time we ran up the middle, they had about 14 guys in the box,” Iola High…

INDEPENDENCE — Like it did a week earlier in their season opener, Allen Community College’s Red Devil volleyball squad started off like gangbusters.Unlike a week ago, in a straight set loss to Butler, Allen was…

More than 200 area youngsters in grades 3-6 will strap on shoulder pads, don their helmets and get reacquainted with football at its most elementary levels.The Allen County Youth Tackle Football League gets underway with…

Patience was more than virtuous for Allen Community College’s women Wednesday afternoon. It was down right victorious.After impatience cost the Red Devils on several scoring opportunities in the first half of their soccer home opener…

Sharing the wealth has become an early theme for Allen Community College’s soccer team.The Red Devils have scored 11 goals on the young 2013 soccer season, including a whopping five Wednesday afternoon.A different player has…

After two weeks of “pounding on each other” in practice, Iola High’s Mustangs are champing at the bit to line up against somebody else on the football field.Iola gets its chance Friday evening, when the…

The Bowlus Fine Arts Center will host “A Kansan You Should Know,” Duane West, at 7 p.m. Friday in the Creitz Recital Hall.West is well known for being the prosecuting attorney in the Clutter family…

Science may not be every student’s favorite subject. Caitlin Roberts wants to change that.“I just want kids to be excited about science,” Roberts said.Roberts, 22, is a first-year biology teacher at Iola High School. She…

HUMBOLDT — EMS administrators saw “nothing out of the ordinary” following a 911 call Aug. 26 in which a Humboldt man was found incapacitated on his front lawn. According to the call recording, Sunny Shreeve…

John Douglas Laver, 57, a longtime resident of Azle, Texas, passed away Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013.John was a caring and loving man who will be dearly missed by his family and friends.     John was preceded…