In early fall of 2013, Renee Droessler was introduced to Lynn Cameron. “We quickly became best friends,” remembered Droessler. “Lynn was really into cycling, and one day she just said: ‘Come on, ride with me.’”Her…

The Marmaton Valley volleyball program split its two matches Tuesday night in Moran. The Wildcats fell in two sets to Eureka (25-27, 20-25) but bounced back to sweep Yates Center (25-14, 25-16).“We played sloppy tonight,”…

Iola Middle School’s volleyball teams took the court against Royster Middle School on Tuesday afternoon in Iola.Following the seventh-grade A and B teams, coach Terri Carlin and coach Korenne Gryzbowski led their eighth-grade A and…

The Iola High JV football team kicked off its season Tuesday night at Santa Fe Trail with a 46-20 loss.Despite the 26-point defeat, coach Dana Daugharthy said he saw some positive takeaways from the squad’s…

Dear editor,We have failed. We have failed as parents, as administrators and as citizens. The last couple of weeks have been filled with emotional highs and lows for my family and me. It’s football season…

County Clerk Kim Davis emerged from a five-day stint in jail Tuesday pumping her fists to blaring fight music. Her “victory” was defying U.S. law by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in…

Allen County, with its network of trails and handful of annual running events, is in a position to enhance its reputation as a bright spot for “active tourism” when it launches the first ever Portland…

Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams for Allen Community College played at home over the weekend, but neither squad could give its fans a win.The women kicked off Saturday’s doubleheader of ACC soccer with…

Before the season started, Marmaton Valley head coach Justin Hurley said he wanted to see his team fully buy into the football program.On Friday night, it appeared as if Hurley’s wish started to come true.Marmaton…

Two years ago I sat in a room crowded with 300 angry people and 700 more outside shouting, as I nervously whispered, “I’ve never been in a room where I’ve felt so much white Christian…