Dr. Craig Neuenswander and the USD 257 board deserve support and sympathy for the painful and difficult job they have tackled: finding ways to live with the criminally irresponsible cuts the 2009 and 2010 Legislatures…

The Allen County Kids Wrestling Mat Warriors have been busy the past three weekends.They ended January competing at Fort Scott.In the 6-and-under divison, T.J. Taylor was third in the 43-pound weight class and Alexa Yarnell…

COLONY — Crest High’s Lancers snared a win at home Thursday while the Lady Lancers lost in makeup games with Northern Heights High School of Allen.Wrapping up regular season action this week with three doubleheaders,…

YATES CENTER —  Taking on Burlington High’s teams for the second time in the same week, Yates Center High’s basketball teams dropped a pair of Tri-Valley League contests Thursday.Burlington’s girls defeated the Yates Center girls…

Register File Photo/Jocelyn SheetsSophomore John Michael Moore (18) is back as Allen County Community College’s closer. Allen County has a strong and deep pitching staff heading into the 2010 baseball season. Opening day.That’s right, Allen…

Twists and turns and showers of ice and snow are all part of the Winter Olympics. Just like the opening of ABC’s Wide World of Sports, there have been “the thrill of victory and the…

Workshop aims to help with poverty fight “The thing I felt least prepared for when I came out of seminary,” said Jim Rausch, pastor of Iola’s First Presbyterian Church, “was helping people with limited resources.”…

MORAN — After crews put the finishing touches on the new community building at Riverside Park, Becky Robb couldn’t help but notice the structure’s nearness to the Baby Barnyard. The barnyard, a popular attraction at…

Pauline Mary Ulses, 95, of Westphalia died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at Golden Heights in Garnett.She was born Nov. 27, 1914, in Colony, the daughter of Kilian and Frances (Fritz) Ulses. She graduated from Colony…

Nicole Kaylee Sigg, 25, of Iola died Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.She was born Nov. 19, 1984, in Fort Scott and grew up in Iola where…