The infamous Mars hoax is circulating again, just as it has since first appearing on the Internet in the summer of 2004. E-mails winging their ways through cyberspace claim Mars will be closer to Earth…

Allen County Community College’s cross country teams have waned the past couple of years. Numbers have dwindled and not a lot of interest in the sport has sparked for the Red Devils.“This year we’re just…

CHANUTE — Iola High’s Fillies got the fall sports season under way Thursday. They played in Chanute High’s Invitational tennis tournament.The Fillies’ Five — the team had five seniors who return to the team —…

Scrimmages have been had. Practices are getting down to the nitty gritty. Athletes and coaches are ready for the first competition of the 2010 fall sports season.Iola High’s girls get a jump on the boys…

Student interest in a strings class, now in its second year, continues to grow, instructor Greta Adams said.When classes started a week ago, 30 Iola High School and Iola Middle School students enrolled in the…

Larry Korte, 59, rural Humboldt, died last night in what law enforcement officials described as a farm accident.Korte was found incapacitated in a hay field about three miles south of Iola.Sheriff Tom Williams said he…

HUMBOLDT — Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks representative Vernon Tabor was in Humboldt Wednesday to research numbers of Neosho River madtom catfish.  Tabor, fish and wildlife biologist, said KDWP started Monday on its annual…

Iola commissioners repeated their support today to help Allen County fund operations of a new hospital, but said several questions still begged answers before they put that support in writing.Time is running short for the…

It’s a strange paradox that in today’s society it’s the guys with the white hats who are the bad guys to be punished.Reckless spending fueled our economic crisis, but it’s anyone who saves that’s being…

A divorce is in order.An undercurrent that frequently swirls to the surface when discussion turns to a new hospital for Allen County is the duplicative ambulance service of the county and Iola.Both have to do…