Weary of the flood of birth control laws pouring out of state legislatures — almost all authored by men — women lawmakers are striking back. Sen. Nina Turner of Ohio has introduced a bill that…

S/Sgt. Robert Bales had been deployed four times to combat areas in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 10 years when he went berserk last week and murdered 16 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children,…

OLATHE — Four Allen County Kids Wrestling Club Mat Warriors qualified for the 2012 Kansas Kids Wrestling State Tournament this coming Saturday and Sunday in Topeka. The Mat Warriors competed at Saturday’s 2012 Kansas Kids…

Members of Iola’s Community Involvement Task Force/PRIDE Committee have set their sights on improving a park south of Elm Creek. Among those involved with improving the area are, front from left, Beth Ann Turner, Nancy…

Poverty is a hot topic of late in southeast Kansas — Thrive Allen County, Project 17 and Kansas Leadership Center’s Leadership and Faith Initiatives are all working to curb Allen County’s 56 percent poverty rate…

An interesting initiative to strengthen Kansas manufacturing is being taken in the state Senate. One of the bills in the “Kansas Works” package would only tax an industry on profits made on the sale of…

With three novices playing for Iola High’s Mustang tennis team,  it is on-the-job training as the team begins the 2012 season. After no match wins in their opener Tuesday, the Mustangs played at home Thursday…

“Make the big time where you are.” Doug Kerr firmly believes high school football is big time under the Friday night lights no matter where the game is played. His plans for Iola High Mustang…

Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law, Allen County Attorney Wade Bowie told a group of Marmaton Valley High School students Thursday. And now that every middle school and high school in the county…

Cara Barkdoll, Allen County’s register of deeds for the past 12 years, filed for re-election Friday. Barkdoll is responsible for overseeing records of all real estate transactions in the county, as well as keeping and…