CONCORDIA — The three-and-a-half hour ride back from Concordia undoudtedly seemed even longer for the Allen Community College Red Devil basketball teams after both squads blew early leads against Cloud County Community College on Wednesday…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Cubs nearly completed a full sweep of Fredonia on Tuesday in Humboldt.After the Humboldt boys swept Fredonia in the varsity, junior varsity and C-Team games and the Cub varsity girls team…

HARTFORD — The Southern Coffey County girls basketball team has been very up-and-down this season — as the Titans’ 5-6 record indicates — but Tuesday may represent a turning point for the Titans.Coach Jeff True’s…

Advocates and their lobbyists, dead set on preserving programs, scurried about the Kansas Capitol Wednesday and will for some time to come after Gov. Sam Brownback cast a wide net Wednesday to find revenue for…

Dorothy Mae Dix, 92, LaHarpe, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa.A private family inurnment will be held in the LaHarpe Cemetery at a later date. Condolences may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Robert L. Smith Sr., 84, Piqua, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital.Robert was the first of three children born to Leo and Tillie (Hasstedt) Smith. He was born on…

A visitation for Wilma May Ballard, 70, Lawrence, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. She passed away Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 at The Windsor of Lawrence.Wilma was born…

This year’s event commemorating the birth of the late Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Wesley United Methodist Church. The Iola Ministerial Association is sponsoring the service.…

Five Iola High School band students, from left, Madi Carlin, Kassy Shelby, Jennifer Tidd, Erin Klubek and Quentin Mallette, qualified to participate in the Kansas State Music Educators Association State Convention Feb. 21-23 in Wichita.…

Dawny Barnhart, then a graduating senior, bid goodbye to Iola in 1989. She returned this year, a doctor.It’s the hope of most small-town folks, when they launch their best young people out into the world,…