By Christina Richards My romantic love story is about my husband’s and my love story that started over 20 years ago.   We met in Lawrence while we were both teenagers. As high-schoolers, we both…

By Retabess Ling  My love story began on a Friday evening in March of 1946. My family had moved the first of March from a farm near Moran to a farm northeast of Iola. I…

By Donna Houser In the 1950s, North High School played in the Ark Valley league because there were only two high schools in Wichita, besides one Catholic school.   My mother or father always took…

By Jeremy McGinnis FIRST PLACE In the summer of 1996 I came to Iola, to start training for a soccer scholarship I earned at Allen Community College. To make some extra money and to get…

By Chelsea Buck Travis and I have known each other since grade school. We originally met at Harvest Baptist Church in Iola. We unknowingly had a crush on each other for years. We became high…

By Beverly Franklin  Ours isn’t a romantic or funny story, just a long one.  Jack and I met at a carnival at Riverside Park in the spring of 1955. He was home on leave from…

All you need is love … except when it stinks. That’s why it’s important this Valentine’s Day to take a moment to reflect on the health of our relationships, and to consider the advice of…

Dear Carolyn: I moved into my first house of my own late last year. It’s a twin home, and I figured it was important to have a good relationship with the people next door. They…

Dear Carolyn: My husband is driving me crazy with food habits, obviously exacerbated because we now eat more of our meals at home. I do 100 percent of the cooking, which is fine because historically…

Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend of five years, “Max,” misses “novelty” in our relationship. We are in our mid-20s with career-oriented lives, and we make quality time together a priority. We have explored hobbies, traveled and…