Iola Middle School’s girls basketball teams remain in search of that elusive first win of the 2013 season.The seventh-grade A team led their visitors from Roosevelt Middle School of Coffeyville 7-2 into the second quarter…

FORT DODGE, Iowa — Allen Community College’s Danae McGee capped her storied cross country career Saturday by earning All-American status for the second straight season.McGee, a Stroud, Okla., sophomore, finished 10th at the NJCAA National…

Fourth graders at Jefferson Elementary honored veterans on Friday afternoon with a program, fifth year for the project at the school.Students invited family members who have served in the military to the program in the…

Bill Shirley, former Iola mayor and retired Army, is old line military.“It bothers me,” Shirley said here Saturday morning, “when the national anthem is played and we have to ask people to stand and remove…

ARMY GREEN HIS FAVORITE COLOR   Dick Perkins has three sons, but that doesn’t come close to the number of boys he calls his own.He grew close to many during two tours in Vietnam, and…

No one finds paying taxes a favorite family expense, but to maintain an organized, compassionate and progressive society they are absolutely necessary. Government at all levels exists to provide constituents what they can’t provide for…

Allen Community College’s men’s and women’s basketball teams dropped their first games of the 2013-14 campaign over the weekend.The Red Devil men were in Coffeyville for the Community State Bank Classic Friday and Saturday.Allen lost…

CHERRYVALE — Plagued by miscues, Humboldt lost 31-0 in a class 3A regional playoff game to Cherryvale here Saturday night.The defeat left the Cubs with an 8-3 record.The first crucial misstep occurred in the first…

CLYDE — A back-and-forth affair swung in the favor of the home team in the second quarter Saturday. In so doing, it meant the end of Yates Center High’s storybook football season.The Wildcats kept pace…

Lorraine D. Manbeck, 90, Moran, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, at Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola.Services are pending. Please check www.feuerbornfuneral.com for updates.