Another local holiday tradition — the 20th annual Jingle Bell Jog — returns to Iola Dec. 16.The 5K run and 3K walk is sponsored by the Iola High School track and field team.A plethora of…

Ella May Norman, 91, Moran, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at her home.She was born Dec. 1, 1926, to John Orval and Ellen Gertrude (Graham) Whitson on the family farm near Farlinville, a small…

Those behind the “MeToo” movement were named Time Magazine’s collective Person of the Year on Wednesday.Called “The Silence Breakers,” the women and men have come forth with their personal tales of sexual harassment and abuse…

Dear editor, The headline of your column in Saturday’s edition confused me at first, then I realized it probably should have read: “Even if non-functional, art has a way of making life better.” That said,…

Of all things in life, we should be able to die in peace, take our last breaths in as comfortable circumstances as possible, free of temporal concerns.Unfortunately that’s not the case in Kansas, where a…

Lincoln Elementary School’s winter program, “Symbols of the Season,” drew a packed house Tuesday to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.  Above, third-graders sing a rousing rendition of “Jingle Bell Rock.” At lower left, Reba E.…

Farmer’s markets in Allen County will have sounder financing in 2018, thanks to a $31,405 grant from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.Kathy McEwan, Extension agent, and Debbie Bearden announced the grant during…

Iolan Jordan Yocham, 19, remains on the road to recovery after undergoing a double-lung transplant Sunday.The transplant was the culmination of her lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis, a genetic and incurable disease that attacks a…

MORAN — After a thoroughgoing rout of the Northeast High School Vikings in the first half of Tuesday night’s game, the Marmaton Valley boys basketball team nearly gave their fans a conniption when they allowed…

HUMBOLDT — Crest came into the season with a renewed confidence and purpose after a lackluster effort in the 2016-17 campaign. Those traits took a drubbing  last Friday when the Lancers got dominated by Southern…