Lawrence F. Tidd, 78, formerly of rural Moran, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire. Lawrence was born Sept. 2, 1933, in Neosho Falls, the son of Frank and Elizabeth…

I scored 36. Solidly middle class, with enough education and comforts to be accused of bordering elite. Depends on who’s pinning on the labels. The test is called “How Thick is Your Bubble?” alluding to…

America’s farmers have an enormous opportunity ahead of them, Dale Rodman told a group of Kansans Wednesday.  “Over the next 20 to 30 years the world is going to have to produce as much food…

Regulations being considered by the U.S. Department of Labor to restrict what youths may do on farms would have affected the meager finances my buddies and I had in the 1950s. The unfolding regulations, a…

Object of the sport is to break more clay targets than your opponents. Tapanga Turner has that down pat for a relatively new trapshooter. Turner, who turned 16 in January, is in her third year…

Early voting for Moran city council is under way. Four are vying for three spots to be decided April 3.

Lenten breakfast Wednesday morning will be at Calvary United Methodist Church, 118 W. Jackson Ave. Coffee will be ready by 6:30, with breakfast at 7 o’clock. The event with include a short program. In its…

A three-year effort to equip people of faith in southeast Kansas with civic leadership skills needed to lift the state’s poorest region above its tribulations kicks off Wednesday. People of all faiths “have a God-given…

An Iolan owning a home with an appraised value of $100,000 will pay property taxes of $1,859.94 this year to support Iola, Allen County, USD 257 and Allen Community College budgets. That’s $400 more than…

Public safety and emergency medical services don’t come on the cheap.In the past 10 years budgets for Allen County’s law enforcement, corrections and dispatch services have increased threefold.Tax dollars collected by the county over the…