A pair of significant “to-do” items necessary to further extend the Prairie Spirit Trail through Iola were crossed off the city’s list Wednesday, .City commissioners, in an adjourned meeting, approved an agreement between Iola and…

Nearly 22 years after they first proposed honoring Allen County’s veterans with a memorial wall, a group of local residents has hopes to expand it.Members of the Veterans Day Committee met Wednesday to discuss the…

Iola High juniors Kelsey Larson and Kendra Taiclet received state recognition for their efforts in leading the Fillies to an 11-10 mark in 2010-2011.Taiclet and Larson were named to the Class 4A honorable mention squads…

Archie Hoel, 84, of Colony died Monday, March 21, 2011, at Richmond HealthCare.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Colony. Bburial wil be in Colony Cemetery.…

Richard G. Gleue of Le Roy died Monday, March 21, 2011, at the Life Care Center of Burlington. He was 94.  He was born Sept. 18, 1916, near Bremen, to Fred and Alwine (Riggert) Gleue.…

Kathryn L. Hammond, 77, of Moran died Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at Chanute Healthcare Center.She was born Aug. 20, 1933, in Elsmore, to William Leon and Gertrude Mae (Rawlings) Mechnig. She grew up in Elsmore…

SALINA — Eleven for eleven.Allen County Community College’s Red Devils used 11 hits to score 11 runs in the fourth inning of the second game Tuesday against host Brown Mackie College. The Red Devils won…

Although I don’t live in the Iola city limits and can’t vote for mayor, I felt compelled to voice my opinion.I have known John Smith for many years. He and his wife moved away a…

To the Editor,Macomb (Ill.) lost not only an outstanding coach but also a valued member of the community March 16 when Western Illinois University announced it would not renew the contract of women’s basketball coach…

Things happen first in California, Californians like to say, and then spread across the country. Kansas doesn’t need what’s happening in Costa Mesa. The city there handed out pink slips to 213 of its employees …