GAS — Steve Robb, sometimes affectionately referred to as MacGyver for his vast ability to create whatever is needed, added another piece of playground equipment to Fees Park this week. Robb, city superintendent, called a…

With just three of 40 audience members expressing strong opposition, Allen County Planning Commission members gave 6-0 support to an agreement that would permit construction of wind farms in the county. The enabling document will…

LAHARPE — The second time was a charm. One year after unsuccessfully trying for a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant, LaHarpe has learned its second application has been accepted by the state. Word was sent…

Katie Koestner, one of the country’s foremost advocates for sexual assault victims, will be at Allen Community College Tuesday evening to speak about date rape. Koestner, who gained national prominence in 1991 when she appeared…

Iola mayor Joel Wicoff presents the top trophy to this year’s Allen County Spelling Bee grand champion, Iola middle-schooler Audrey Coltrane. A perennial top contestant at previous bees,  Coltrane’s winning word on Friday was “holocaust.”…

Iola High School’s Isaiah Fawson and Taylor Stout were crowned 2016 Winter Homecoming King and Queen Friday, following the Fillies’ and Mustangs’ basketball games against Chanute. Iola’s girls won, 46-33, while the boys fell short,…

The Allen Community College men’s basketball team prides itself on being a very efficient offensive team, but you wouldn’t know that based on watching the first half of Wednesday’s 73-63 loss to Colby Community College.“We…

The Red Devil women’s basketball  team had lost six straight home games and five straight overall heading into Wednesday’s game in Iola against Colby Community College and coach Todd Buchanan wasn’t willing to mess in…

Arlene Louise Thornhill, 93, Iola, passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 at Windsor Place in Iola.Arlene was born Oct. 16, 1923, in Akron, N.Y., to Norman and Evelyn (Kaderli) Brewer. She graduated from Akron High…

Geraldine “Gerry” Marie Bain, 81, Iola, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka.Geraldine was born in Neosho Falls on Sept. 29, 1935, to George F. and Alma E. (England) Fox,…