Note: Paul Zirjacks, age 86, is a retired Army veteran who served 30 years and reached the rank of Sergeant Major. During my U.S. Army career, my late wife, Judy, and I spent many years…

When he was just a tot, Iola High School principal Scott Carson and his brothers would tromp outside their family’s farmhouse near Parsons on a very important Christmas Eve mission — to scatter food for…

PHOENIX (AP) — The Grinch came early for an Arizona driver who tried to pass off an inflatable figure of the Dr. Seuss character as a passenger. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a…

Note: Mitch Garner is Public Works director for Allen County. Donita Garner is the Child Advocacy Center coordinator at Hope Unlimited. When you ask someone what brings on those feelings of the “magic of Christmas”…

Having a day care means getting to celebrate Christmas with children, years after your own are grown. Donna Ross of Moran has been watching area children for more than 40 years. Each year at Christmastime,…

Santa Claus came to town on Wednesday to read stories with the Library Littles at the Iola Public Library. Several youngsters also sang Christmas tunes for Jolly Old Saint Nick.

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — Several motorists who were speeding through an elementary school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway received an odorous onion as a reminder to slow down from a county sheriff’s deputy…

Note: Lisse Regehr is the CEO of Thrive Allen County. It was a rare moment when Lisse Regehr’s extended family could get together. Her father served in the military, and most of her childhood was…

(Note: Macie Hoag is a senior at Iola High School.) One of my favorite Christmas memories over the years was in 2012. I would have been seven years old and obsessed with Barbies.  Probably everything…

Favorite Christmas memories change over time, according to LaHarpe business owner Danny Ware. “When you’re a kid, it’s homemade peanut clusters and fudge. “When you’re a dad, it’s spending Christmas with your kids. “When you…