Archie Specht didn’t talk much about his military service during the Korean War. Whatever his stories were, they were lost when the Piqua native died in 2015 at the age of 86. That doesn’t surprise…

Wreaths Across America, an effort to honor veterans buried in national cemeteries, is collecting sponsors for this year’s program. National Wreaths Across America Day is Dec. 16. Volunteers will lay wreaths on veteran graves at…

The Allen County Courthouse is going green, again, to honor veterans. This is the second year Allen County will participate in a national effort, Operation Greenlight. The courthouse will be outfitted with green spotlights from…

The Eyes of Freedom, a traveling memorial dedicated to honoring our nation’s veterans, will visit Independence next month. The exhibit will arrive the evening of Wed., November 8 at the city’s Memorial Hall, 410 N.…

Local families can honor the veterans in their lives with a banner displayed downtown for Veterans Day.  The Allen County Veterans Committee is offering the opportunity to display such banners on light poles around the…

WASHINGTON — One of the “most significant laws ever signed to help veterans” has already assisted over 340,000 former service members and their survivors seeking care for illnesses and cancers now presumed to be connected…

A training session for veterans or their families struggling to readjust to life once their military service is complete is set for 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Iola Community Theatre Warehouse, 203…

A number of local veterans will attend Friday’s funeral services for Staff Sgt. David Holeman, a LaHarpe native who died as a World War II prisoner of war in the Philippines. Holeman is being buried…

The Humboldt Fitness Center hosted the Murph Memorial Day Challenge on Monday with 34 participants. The event raised $640 from registration fees, donations and an equal match from the fitness center to benefit Allen County…

Five local veterans, Michael J. Fitzgerald of Neosho Falls (Desert Storm), James B. Frye of Yates Center (Vietnam), Francis J. Link of Yates Center (Vietnam), Steven N. Wallace of Colony (Vietnam), and Charles L. Wood…