I can’t help but wonder what an alien’s impression of the United States would be if she touched down to Earth during this week’s political convention. A whole lot of noise by seemingly very angry,…

  Barbara E. Clay, 75, Iola, died Friday, July 22, 2016, at Allen County Regional Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Feuerborn Family Funeral Service of Iola. Go to www.iolafuneral.com to leave a…

Melvin Wayne Cole, 78, Iola, died Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola.    The family will host a memorial service at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Gas City School in Gas. Inurnment…

Melvin “Jack” Shirley Serene, 95, Garnett, died Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Anderson County Hospital. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church, Garnett, with burial following in the…

Elpha Izetta Springeman, 91, passed away, Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at the Life Care Center in Burlington. She was born March 10, 1925, on the family farm near Lebo, the daughter of Owen and Maude…

Next Generation 911, which moves Allen County’s 911 system from the old telephone lines to an Internet-based communications system, will provide a more efficient system for residents to make emergency calls. Crews from the Kansas…

While dining in an area restaurant, a young mother’s infant became fussy with hunger.  So she did what comes naturally, draping herself and baby with a large cloth she began to breastfeed her child. Though…

N athan Wiltsey spent more than a year overseeing a project to put signs along the Prairie Spirit Trail, helping users identify animals, plants and birds they may spot along the converted rail corridor between…

HUMBOLDT — Going into Wednesday’s zone championship action, Daylon Splane and Derek Bycroft knew they faced tall tasks.  The Indians needed to win two games against Garnett in order to win the American Legion Zone…

HUMBOLDT — When a cowboy festival unfolds with a trail ride Friday and festivities in downtown Humboldt Saturday, the seed that grew into the event was planted 50 years ago. “I have a photo,” Delbert…