WINFIELD — With a game plan in place, Allen County Community College’s women executed it for 40 minutes and came away with an 82-72 victory on the road Monday.The Red Devils defeated their host, the…

Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade girls held Chanute’s Royster Middle School’s Rockets scoreless in the first quarter. With that 8-0 edge, the Ponies went on to win 30-17 at home Tuesday.The seventh-grade A-team improved to 12-2…

Kansas State University’s Wildcats are in the Sweet 16. The Wildcat volleyball team plays in the NCAA Regional Volleyball semifinals in Hawaii Friday.The Wildcat volleyball team is not on anybody’s radar. Probably in Manhattan and…

Iola High’s single-season rushing leader Jerrik Sigg was named as the Topeka Capital-Journal’s Kansas All-Class 4A state football team’s kicker returner.Sigg and nine area high school players — all eight-man football players — were recognized…

The Marketplace in downtown Iola offers one-stop shopping for your Christmas list.About 25 vendors have their wares for sell at the spacious building at 5 E. Madison. Items include furniture, interior decor, food and clothing.For…

Classy Attic had those hard-to -buy-for preteens and teenagers in mind when it stocked “texting gloves” for the holiday season. The sparkly gloves lack fingertips.“We thought the gloves were a fun novelty. They come in…

PARSONS — An executive steering committee of 16 will be formed to help Kansas’ poorest region find its way to prosperity. The announcement comes on the heels of an economic development summit last month in…

Alice Catherine Smith, 91, of Yates Center died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at Yates Center Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 31, 1920, to P.K. and Pearl (Cantrell) Laidlaw. She and her family…

Hugh William Pollman, 103, 10 months and 11 days, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, in Olathe. He was a longtime Humboldt resident. He was born Feb. 24, 1908, in Leon, the oldest son of Mary…

Dear Editor,I continue to follow the council meetings by person, by news report, and the City’s web page. And, after reading the news account following last week’s council meeting, I wanted to make certain that…