The Allen County Fair continues to fill Iola’s Riverside Park with activities. The Fair continues through Sunday, including the MRCA Rodeo Friday and Saturday nights, the sheep and goat shows Friday evening and the beef…

Iola City Council members will continue their work Monday on shaping the city’s 2026 spending plan. Council members are slated to hear from department heads whose departments are funded primarily through Iola’s general fund: City…

Lucille Griffith and Thomas Bevard were married Aug. 2, 1975, at the First Assembly of God Church in Iola by Rev. John Chastain. Their parents were Clem and Alvina Griffith of Iola and Frank and…

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of night — turns 250 on Saturday. Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress…

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Five starving children at a Gaza City hospital were wasting away, and nothing the doctors tried was working. The basic treatments for malnourishment that could save them had run…

If only the couple caught canoodling last week on the Jumbotron at the Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts, had simply done what everyone else does in those moments at the arena or the ballpark: Thrown…

Alexa and Nora Ellis are supportive sisters when it comes to the Allen County Fair. It helps that their entries are, for the most part, in separate events. Alexa, 15, is already a grand champion…

The Baby Barnyard at Riverside Park features baby animals of all kinds — bunnies, kittens, calves, and more — and is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.,…

LAHARPE — Emergency crews stayed overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning to ensure a fire in the landfill’s trash cell had been fully extinguished. The fire was reported at about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday. LaHarpe Fire…

The Marmaton Valley High School Wildcats continue filling the weight room during their summer strength and conditioning program in hopes of building on a successful 2024 campaign.  The reigning Three Rivers League champions boasted an…