To and from work each day I pass a hand-painted yard sign that reads “Everybody Sucks, 2016, The U.S. is doomed.” The sign has been there for the last several months, I assume in reference…

I’ve philosophically eaten crow a few times. Once, on a dare, I ate the real thing. In late summer 1955 I was 12, the magic age by Dad’s decree for me to go hunting without…

Dear editor, I am writing in support of the re-election of Bryan Murphy to the office of Allen County sheriff. Bryan came to Allen County in 1994 from Wyandotte County where he was employed in…

Doris E. (Lackey) Aley, 86, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, in Scottsale, Ariz. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 11 at St. Clare of Assisi Church in Surprise, Ariz., Father Hans Ryugt officiating.…

Edward C. “Bud” Nott, Jr., 84, passed away Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at Greystone Assisted Living Center in Iola after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and cancer. He was born March 4, 1932, in…

MORAN — With barely a moment to catch their breath, school officials who worked so fervently to get the new technical education center off the ground this fall are setting their sights on the future.…

The report from field to field and farm to farm is the same — soybean yields are amazingly high, even those that followed wheat. “This is probably the best year I’ve had,” said Craig Mentzer,…

The statewide campaign to discredit Appellate and Supreme courts justices is rife with misrepresentations, Iola Rotarians learned Thursday. Donald Noland, a retired judge, and Bob Tomassi, a retired attorney, helped explain the contoversy. Noland served…

  Scores of trainspotters young and old watched Union Pacific’s Steam Locomotive no. 844 bring all 23,000 pounds of its steel frame to a squealing halt in tiny Durand, just east of Yates Center on…

The Mustangs were in a great spot to secure the district title on Thursday night at home.  Iola junior cornerback Isaac Vink intercepted a pass from Girard do-it-all quarterback Eric Wilson and sprinted back 30-plus…