Pittsburg State University has started a $4.5 million geo-thermal heating and cooling system calculated to pay for itself in fuel savings within 14 years.While the news report didn’t go into technical detail, geo-thermal in southeast…

As unemployment stays stubbornly high, stories of new and not-so-new college graduates unable to find jobs in their fields grab headlines. These are attention-getting tales because it was only a few years ago that a…

HUMBOLDT — Catch-as-catch-can.Humboldt Speedway was put in that mode a few weeks ago with wet weather. So Friday was the second make-up feature from that night.It just so happened it was in Johnny Bone Jr.’s division…

LAWRENCE — Iola High senior Maggie Wilson competed in the high school girls’ pole vault Friday at the 2011 Kansas Relays.Wilson cleared 10 feet, 4 inches and placed seventh.“That was quite an accomplishment given the…

FREDONIA — Going 1-2-3 in the pole vault and winning six other events helped propel Iola High’s Fillies to a second-place finish at the 2011 Fredonia Relays last Thursday.Iola High’s Mustangs gathered in 11 medals…

Ever since the public radio transmitter was removed last fall from the antenna outside Allen County’s 911 dispatch center at 410 N. State St., area listeners have found it difficult to pick up the signal…

In his seven years serving in the Kansas Legislature, Rep. Paul Davis, (D-Lawrence) cannot remember the two chambers being so far apart. “When it comes to the budget, there are 250 separate items we disagree…

When it comes to personal finance, several Iola Middle School students could give most adults a leg up on how to manage their money.An IMS team, composed of Clara Wicoff, Abigail Taylor, Taylor Heslop, Yohon…

The citizens of Allen County can have their say about Kansas public schools here Wednesday evening. For one night at least, the focus will be on what school children should be learning to assure their…

Iolans received a water test report Saturday that to some may have seemed ominous. The report said coliform bacteria had been found in three water samples taken and analyzed in March.Toby Ross, water plant supervisor,…