LAHARPE — That not a single person showed up to partake in arts and crafts projects Sunday hardly dissuaded Courtney Frame, health and wellness director for LaHarpe. “Sometimes events like these are hit or miss,”…

Longtime volunteer Donna Culver is always eager to help others. She’s even played a role in fighting crime.  Culver is a charter member of the Allen County Crime Stoppers, an organization that provides anonymous tips…

Cheryl Sparks gave herself plenty of time Thursday morning to take her mother-in-law, Wanda Sparks, age 86, to the county’s first public COVID-19 vaccination clinic. She pulled into the parking lot at 9:25 a.m. for…

Though the evening lacked the camaraderie and festivity of previous years, Thrive’s annual awards ceremony was no less significant. In fact, many of this year’s winners proved not even a global pandemic could keep them…

Whether their candidates won or lost, Americans should commend election officials and volunteers for their outstanding work this year. Instead, many are calling them criminals. Day and night, critics on radio, TV and social media…

More than 20 volunteers descended upon LaHarpe Saturday for its annual fall cleanup day project, in which roughly 20 properties were cleared of debris, brush, tires and other objects. Assisting with the work were several…

Dan and Linda Johnson take the idea of giving back very seriously. Just ask about their volunteer service, and even they have a difficult time remembering the long, long list of organizations. After Saturday, they’ll…

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…

Tuesday’s meeting of Allen County commissioners covered a scattershot list of topics, including budgets, grant opportunities, internet security and the acute need for Meals on Wheels volunteers. Following a discussion of the tax lid and…

Bryan and Alisha Clay proudly display the enormous tree that landed on their house after it was uprooted during a sudden storm on Sunday morning. The Clays had been living in the home on North…