RICHMOND — Uniontown High’s softball and baseball teams were overmatched Thursday. The Eagle teams lost single games to host Central Heights High’s Viking squads.The Eagle girls lost 10-0 as the Vikings scored five runs in…

INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s junior varsity baseball team swept a doubleheader at Independence Thursday. The Mustangs won 14-0 and 17-6.Aaron Barclay threw a one-hit shutout in the opener. He struck out five plus went 4-for-4…

Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats and the Uniontown High Eagles claimed places in many events at the Frontenac High Invitational Thursday.Yates Center High’s Wildcats had a tough day at Eureka High’s track meet. Yates Center athletes…

Four of the five teams competing in Thursday’s Iola Middle school’s small track meet will be back Tuesday. It was a good tune-up for the 2011 IMS Invitational.The IMS Invitational features 19 middle school track…

Allen County Community College’s vocal jazz group experienced the magic of Disney through a variety of workshops at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., during spring break in March.“I wanted my students to learn from some of…

Come April 17, as scores of Iola High School students are sleeping off a night of revelry from their annual junior-senior prom, classmates Brittany Gapa and Cheyenne Leigh still will be hard at work.The IHS…

Vada Aikins can celebrate her “Dewey Defeats Truman” moment.Aikins, a member of the Humboldt City Council, edged challenger Richard Weilert 113 votes to 111 in Tuesday’s council election.The tally changed when Allen County commissioners canvassed…

BRONSON — Employees and customers at Uncle Ben’s Bar and Grill escaped injury Thursday after a fire started in the kitchen and quickly spread, destroying much of the building’s contentsBen Hardman, the tavern’s owner, told…

Dr. Marita Lenski Scimeca, 86, of Olathe died Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Evergreen Community of Johnson County in Olathe.She was born Dec. 28, 1924, in Gas, at St. John’s Hospital to Dr. Frank X.…

YATES CENTER — Uniontown High’s junior varsity softball team played Eureka and Yates Center at Yates Center Tuesday.The Eagle girls defeated Yates Center 14-7 with Mandie Ridge pitching. She gave up three hits, walked six,…