After a rainy start to the season, the Allen County Farmers Market was in full swing on a picture perfect evening Thursday. “This is the first sunny weather we’ve had,” said a delighted Debbie Bearden,…

The Iola Tree Board’s annual tree sale starts at 8 a.m. Saturday with 80 trees in six varieties and of various sizes. Kristy Sutherland, Recreation Department assistant and Tree Board member, recommends buyers arrive early,…

  Twenty-five Allen County residents took part in a public forum Wednesday evening at the Iola High School commons area, discussing what’s right and wrong with public education in Kansas. For one night at least,…

Laura Mary Mead, 51, Iola, died Monday, April 25, 2011, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita.She was born Dec. 21, 1959, in Denver, Colo., to Conrad George and Rose Ellen (Cavanaugh) Heiman. The family…

Kathryn Trecel Dougherty, 38, of Iola, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park.She was born June 12, 1972, in Garnett, the daughter of Elmer Tatsch and Paulette (Obermeier) Curry. She grew…

John Mauldin said the “world is coming to the end of a 50-year debt supercycle and the austerity required to put us back on solid financial footing will hammer ordinary Americans.”Who’s John Mauldin? He earns…

I see the hospital board has flip-flopped on the site of the hospital. If the pungent aroma of bovine bother you, there are a number of land parcels large enough to accommodate a new hospital.…

ARMA — Uniontown High’s Eagles and host Northeast High’s Vikings were knotted at 4-all after four innings of baseball on Tuesday.But the Vikings scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth, including a three-run…

BURLINGTON — Scoring points in discus, javelin and shot put, Crest High’s Lancers got a solid start to their third-place finish Tuesday at the Burlington High Invitational.Crest High’s Lady Lan-cers ended up fifth with 60…

CHERRYVALE — Humboldt High’s Cubs had three home runs in their 13 hits Tuesday night and a strong pitching performance helped the Cubs claim a 7-3 win.It was the only game the Cubs and host…