Tighter airport security procedures provide Americans looking for another reason to be angry with a new target. A few of the nation’s airports now have full-body scan ma-chines. Passengers who set off alarms may be…

On the day before Thanksgiving the nation’s economists gave us all tidbits to evoke the giving of thanks. Not slabs of good news, slathered with high percentage sauce. Not a full meal, just a snack.…

On the day Mary Ellen Stanley delivered her first child, she also had wrung the necks of three chickens, dressed and cooked them. It was all in a day’s work.  Today, Stanley has all the…

Allen Countians have a sweet opportunity right now. Until Monday, they may enter the Iola Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual gingerbread house contest. Entry is free, and all cookie houses — even those built of…

Settling on what kind of management model will oversee construction of a new Allen County Hospital will make a difference as to how soon the preconstruction phase can begin, including financing and the letting of…

Dear editor: It was with a sigh of frustration that I read Monday’s letter to the editor from Carl Letsinger.  With this letter, I am hoping to educate him and many other people about the…

Brad and Michelle Wulf, Littleton, Colo., announce the birth of a daughter, Audrey Piper, born Nov. 11, 2010. She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Ken and Marge…

James R. Walls, 72, of Pittsburg died Monday, Nov. 22, 2010, at Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg. He was born Nov. 7, 1938, in Iola. Graveside services will be Saturday in Iola. The Rev. Phil…

Randal “Randy” Joe Adams, 60, of Mannford, Okla., died Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. He was born Jan. 13, 1950, in Colony, to John Quincy and Mae M. (Ross) Adams Jr.   On June 5, 1983,…

  If basketball games were only 10 minutes long, Allen County Community College’s Red Devil women might not be in a five-game losing skid. “In the last 10 minutes tonight, our kids played the way…