News flash: America’s newspapers are ailing.The date on that item should have been June 10, 2000, or earlier. But the Federal Communications Commission just got around to completing an 18-month study to discover the obvious:…

Ceremonies to celebrate Flag Day will be Sunday evening at 7 o’clock on the shore of Elks Lake east of the Gates Corporation plant. Entrance to the lake area is along Montana Road.Mike Jewell of…

Daryl D. Alquist, Erie, was appointed as a 31st District Court judge Thursday morning by Gov. Sam Brownback.Alquist is a 1979 graduate of Washburn University School of Law. He has been engaged in a general…

Twenty new six-foot-long benches, made of recycled vehicle tires, now are available for people attending Iola Municipal Band concerts on the courthouse square.The benches, each capable of comfortably holding five adults, replaced 11 metal and…

HUMBOLDT — Bargain hunters in search of a cool drink can quench their thirst while aiding victims of the May 22 Joplin tornado Saturday.A lemonade stand set up by area youngsters Taylor Knowles, Kaitlyn Gonzalez…

Teachers at Allen County Community College will receive pay raises of 2 percent for the upcoming school year and 2.5 percent for 2012-13, according to terms of a master agreement accepted Thursday by the college’s…

Former Iolan Joseph L. Cook, 63, of Manhattan died Sunday, June 5, 2011, at the home of his sister, Nancy, in Shawnee. He was recently diagnosed at the Mayo Clinic with mesothelioma.He was born Nov.…

John E. Blaufuss, 73, of Westphalia died Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at his home.Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Teresa’s Catholic Church in Westphalia. Interment will be in St.…

PRINCETON — Iola American Legion Post 15’s A Indians used seven pitchers in their doubleheader Wednesday. It’s not that they really had to but just to get the young arms some work.The Indians rolled to…

Hot, dry weather the past several days hasn’t been the best of prescriptions for gardens.“The weather is killing our peas,” said Joni Tucker, of the garden at Jefferson and Jackson avenues maintained by Allen County…