County commissioners and others helped the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and Hope Unlimited create a pinwheel garden at the Allen County Courthouse to recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month. Commissioners and…

An opportunity to wear jeans to work has turned into a donation for the Court Appointed Special Advocates program. Bank employees picked CASA as the beneficiary of their once-a-month funds collected in $5 increments for…

A flurry of activity is keeping CASA busy this fall. The Court Appointed Special Advocates program of the 31st Judicial District hopes to recruit at least six new advocates by Jan. 1 to fill a…

Family Safety Night returned to downtown Iola Thursday evening, courtesy of the Allen County Multi-Agency Coalition Team (ACMAT) and various organizations and businesses. The groups offered prizes, games, activities and free gifts along with information…

When the world ground to a halt last spring and summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a particularly tough blow for the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program. The program trains volunteers to…

Attorney Jerry Hathaway and Sheriff Bryan Murphy serve as two of the judges for a pinwheel coloring contest sponsored by Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). The pinwheel campaign involved area schools from multiple counties, as…

Bright blue pinwheels are now spinning on the courthouse lawn. On Tuesday, members of Hope Unlimited and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), along with county commissioners and others, placed the shiny markers in order to…

Ever since Marie Roth first learned about CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) as part of a college internship in Indiana in 2011, she has wanted to be an advocate.  Roth and other new advocates were sworn…

For the fifth year in a row, dancers from a Yates Center-based studio performed to raise money for CASA, the national Court Appointed Special Advocate association. Performers from Brenda’s Dance in Chanute and Reflections of…

It started as an effort to downsize her toy collection. By the time Tessa Lou Francis finished, she had more than $350 to give away to a local charity. Francis, daughter of Tim and Kelly…