Downtown Iola will die — over the collective body of the remaining downtown merchants. Their attitude? That fat lady has not even begun to warm up. “I’m still of the mind that better days lie…

Deer season opened Wednesday. Unlike years past, I wasn’t tucked away in a blind — albeit one that has sliding glass windows and a propane heater — before the first cock crowed. For 50 years…

Wednesday’s A Look Back in Time on the opinion page recalled an American Red Cross drive in 1956 that asked Allen Countians to donate $405 to help the organization distribute food, medicine and clothing to…

Most everyone who professes to being a red-blooded American finds it abhorrent when a protester burns a U.S. flag.President-elect Donald Trump took advantage of the patriotic disdain this week to pledge he would make flag-burning…

Dear editor,I am writing to voice my opinion regarding the proposed multi-use lane on 9th Street. I have heard a few comments about the number of people in favor of this proposal who live outside…

Is Gov. Sam Brownback passing the buck or is he being coy with legislators?The Associated Press reported the governor intended to wait until January, when the 2017 session begins, to fix a budget deficit, which…

At 11 a.m. Saturday, services for “Red” Garner will be at Wesley United Methodist Church, burial to follow in Highland Cemetery. That’s a terse account to the end of an 88-year life that touched many…

By early 2017 greater control of guns in any significant form will be off the table, with Donald Trump taking residence — at least part-time — on Pennsylvania Avenue.Probably just as well. None of any…

The treasures in our own backyards “There’s gold in them thar hills,” an old adage from the Gold Rush days, lifted the spirit of many a weary traveling soul. The flip side of that phrase…

While I’m more than willing to accept that Donald Trump will be our next president, it comes with a dose of skepticism only because of the company he seems to be attracting. On the one…