This week’s news has brought back lots of memories for me.  In Monday’s paper was a story called “Forever Fillies,” noting the impending end on the almost 50-year-chapter of the Iola High School girls team…

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — The number of children hurt when a bus overturned on a slush-covered Kansas highway has climbed to 27.  The Wichita Eagle reports  that the injury count increased Thursday based on a…

A 12-year old boy struggles with a terrible kind of fame in “Dear Edward” by Ann Napolitano. Edward is the only survivor of a plane crash. Now living with his aunt and uncle, Edward is…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Pastor Steve Traw’s message Sunday, “Storm Season Ahead,” was taken from Psalm 46. God is our refuge when storms come, Traw said. Whoever takes refuge in God has no reason to fear.…

February is the month we celebrate Presidents Day, so let’s quiz.  Is it:  • The day we celebrate Washington’s birthday?  • The day we celebrate Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays?  • The day we celebrate all…

BRISTOL, Va. (AP) —  An orphaned black bear  cub has been placed with a substitute mother this week after being saved by a dog and brought to safety. The rescue effort unfolded after the dog…

CHICAGO — Animal enthusiasts across the globe on Saturday will celebrate the ninth annual World Pangolin Day, designated to help protect what is believed to be the most illegally trafficked mammal on Earth. Yet the…

Thirty-years ago February 1988 The Iola police and Allen County Community College took fingerprints, handprints and pictures of 38 area children Saturday at ACCC for the Identi-Kid program. ***** The City Commission voted unanimously to…

Dear Carolyn: My partner and I have a wonderful (and wild) 3-year-old girl. We both work full time, and she attends a loving preschool. We live four to five hours away from any family. Lately,…

Dear Dr. Roach: I read on the internet that you should take your blood pressure medicine at night. I just recently started taking medicine for my blood pressure and my instructions were to take it…