Members of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church will resume their monthly community dinners with a sloppy joe meal Wednesday evening at the church. “We take the summers off,” explained Sue O’Connor, a church member and meal…

(Editor’s note: The start of the 2010-11 school year has brought several new faces to area public schools. Today’s roundup features new teachers at Iola Middle School and Iola High School – USD 257.)Danielle SchoolerDanielle…

In a landmark Life Magazine article in 1949, author James Agee spelled out a compelling argument that Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Harry Langdon were the original “kings of comedy,” thanks to their…

Dudley’s Done Right BBQ will celebrate its second anniversary Wednesday. Then, on Oct. 1, owners Marshall and Jacie Barnhart will move the trailer-mounted grill to 315 N. State St. They intend to have the former…

Thelma G. Morrow, 78, of LaHarpe died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at her home after an extended illness.She was born April 1, 1932, in rural Redfield, the daughter of Ernest Benton and Emma C. (Green)…

Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether to increase a countywide sales tax by 1⁄4 of a cent to go toward a new Allen County Hospital.Members of the Allen County Healthcare Committee address questions about the…

Shrinking towns all over Kansas offer a challengeRichard Wood got interested in small town America because his dad grew up in Minneapolis, population 2,075. Minneapolis, like most small towns in Kansas and elsewhere, is losing…

BURLINGTON — Iola Middle School’s Pony volleyball teams notched the same record in their respective divisions at Saturday’s Burlington Middle School tournament.Both the Iola eighth-grade team and the seventh-grade team won their first match of…

Allen County Community College’s women chalked up a 3-1 soccer win over visiting Dodge City Community College Friday afternoon.The Red Devil men lost 2-0.For the Red Devil women, Crystal Jerome took a pass from Whitney…

UNIONTOWN — Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Wildcats claimed second at the Uniontown A-Team Tournament Saturday.The Wildcats lost to Oswego 20-15, 9-20, 15-4 in the championship match. Kaysha Elmenhorst served up eight points followed by MaKenzie…