Rail trail enthusiast Dave Fontaine recently snapped this photo of an owl on the LeHigh Portland Trails. 

Take a good, long look at Gertie. She was adopted from the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility in 2010, and has become a fixture on the Lehigh Trails with her human, Brenda Bumgardner. She’s a…

Think of it as a theater production. The curtain opens on a young man, following a trail through the woods. Along the way, he meets a romantic interest, ends up in a new place and…

Jaimie Jensen and her daughters Quinn, age 3, and Baylor, 17 months, enjoyed not only a beautiful day Tuesday but also a new mural painted along the Lehigh Portland Trail. Rodrigo Alvarez and Isaac Tapia…

Spring is arriving in Allen County, as trees flower and everything starts to turn green. The evidence can be seen as you look out of John Brown’s Cave on the Lehigh Trail System on Tuesday.…

New artwork is coming to Lehigh Portland Trails this spring. Kansas City artists Isaac Tapia and Rodrigo Alvarez, aka IT-RA Icons, will paint the piece “Serene Flight” on the privacy wall running along the connector…

Monarchs are on the move and heading through southeast Kansas. “We’re part of their annual migration pattern,” explained Randy Rasa, naturalist and trail steward for Thrive Allen County. And what a migration it is, with…

There’s something satisfying in that there’s no marker for John Brown’s Cave by the roadside, or even on the trail itself. The path forks in multiple directions upon one’s approach, flanked by worn farm buildings…

The recent removal of 13 large walnut trees along Elm Creek has caught the attention of users of the Lehigh Portland Trails — as well as the designers and volunteers who helped create the hiking…

LAHARPE — An apparent disagreement Tuesday evening over politics led to a heated domestic altercation that eventually resulted in a knife attack. Allen County sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene in the 1200 block…