“Rockabilly” is the original rock-and-roll, according to Lee Rocker. “It started, arguably, in the 1950s. It’s really a combination of blues and country, with rhythms that are just purely an American form of music,” he…

The High School District Honor Band Clinic will be on Dec. 2. They auditioned in person on Nov. 4.  The Middle School District Honor Band Clinic is on Jan. 27. They competed by submitting an…

For as long as there’s been war, there has been a need to comfort those who fight it. The horrors of the battlefield, the inhumanity and pain, they stay with soldiers. Enter chaplains, whose existence…

Archie Specht didn’t talk much about his military service during the Korean War. Whatever his stories were, they were lost when the Piqua native died in 2015 at the age of 86. That doesn’t surprise…

Humboldt astronomer Mike Myer captured this view of a waning crescent moon and Venus surrounded by clouds on Wednesday evening.

Allen County voters overwhelmingly rejected Tuesday a proposed $9.95 million bond issue to renovate the Allen County Courthouse. Of 2,510 advance and election ballots counted, 1,897, or 76%, were against the measure. Such huge margins…

View dozens more photos of the performance here. “Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination,” Willy Wonka entreats his eager guests. Iola High School’s drama department takes it from there…

Debbie Menzie was surprised to receive a notice that her home is now in a floodplain. It’s never flooded at her home in the north part of Iola, just off Washington Street. Not even close.…

This page will continue to be updated as election results come in. Last update: Wednesday, 8:24 a.m. A total of 457 advance ballots and 2,053 Election Day votes have been counted.  With advance and Election…

For Laree Wools, there’s nothing worse than watching her son, Marcus, struggle to breathe. Marcus, 6, has cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that complicates breathing and digestion. Marcus was diagnosed at age 3; a newborn…