The Allen County men and women basketball teams came up short over the weekend at Pratt with the women falling 74-62 and the men 92-67.  For the women, the loss drops them to 4-13 and…

As to be expected, education is becoming the “black spot” in Kansas. A letter last week signed by those involved with highway construction — associations affiliated with contractors, aggregate producers, engineers, asphalt, concrete and ready…

Frank W. Harner, 94, rural Humboldt, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, in Chanute. Frank was the youngest of eight children born to Frank F. and Emma (Dietrich) Harner. He was born on Dec.…

Ruth Frances (Koester) Lampe, 90, was born Jan. 25, 1927, in the family home in Piqua. She passed away in this same home on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. Her father, Herman George Koester, came to…

A thick coating of snow gave ample opportunity for folks of all ages to enjoy the wintry weather Sunday. At right, Ava Booth races down the Riverside Park dike alongside her uncle, Logan Booth, on…

The temptation in a small town is to imagine that all the finer things in life come from the big city. But Bison Woodworking, which for the last year has been turning out some of…

Nellie Arlene (Sigler) Lovett Ketcherside, 87, Moran, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, at Moran Manor.  Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Iola, with graveside services following at 2 o’clock…

Brady and Glenna Stewart, Wichita, are happy to announce the birth of their son, Gordon Lee Stewart. Gordon was born Dec. 17, 2017, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. He weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces,…

About a year ago I asked our community to think outside of their own experience, to think about others that they saw, and to give me their thoughts. Here is what I have found, in…

Martin Luther King Day is set aside each year to celebrate the great impact of the civil rights leader, cut short by an assassin’s bullet at age 39. Slavery, in which human beings are just…