NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Salt spreader trucks crisscrossed coastal roads as courthouses and schools closed Friday to prepare for a snow and ice storm expected to snarl parts of the Carolinas and Virginia unaccustomed to…

GENEVA (AP) — The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature in a heated standoff over Ukraine, even as they reported no breakthroughs in high-stakes talks on Friday aimed at preventing a feared…

YATES CENTER — Former Iola High School girls basketball coach Becky Carlson is on the verge of history. Carlson, now coaching at Marmaton Valley, is chasing her 500th win, after picking up her 499th on…

As construction progresses on Iola’s new elementary school — it’s scheduled to open in August — the district’s focus shifts once again to the fate of the three existing grade school properties. Bids will be…

Walter H. Wulf, president of Monarch Cement Co., announced this morning that the firm’s Humboldt plant, one of the largest industries in Allen County, will be virtually rebuilt during the next several years. Preliminary engineering…

A huge night from Ed Wright propelled the Allen Red Devils to their fourth straight win, and third in conference play. Allen defeated Highland Community College 78-59 on Tuesday night. The win is the fourth…

Two more Iola schools are now requiring students and staff to wear face masks because of a high number of COVID-19 infections. On Wednesday, Iola High School and Lincoln Elementary School reached the 4% threshold…

Vance L. Beebe, age 63, of Geneva, passed away Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital North, Kansas City, Mo.  Vance was born April 10, 1958, in Iola, to Lester Beebe and Mae Alyce…

ACC’s women’s basketball team had to fight it out against Highland Tuesday night. The Scotties packed a punch, but Allen came away the victors, 61-48. The game didn’t begin the way Allen wanted. At the…

On the evening of Dec. 28, Sally Poteet was driving home after dropping off her granddaughter at her daughter’s house when her husband called to ask if she had just accidentally crashed their Bronco Sport…