This is the second installment of a six-part series of columns that will look ahead to the upcoming high school sports year for our six area schools. The Southern Coffey County Titans were featured in…

MOUND CITY — The Post 15 Indians Single-A team salvaged a split with an extra-inning, 5-4, victory in game two in Mound City Wednesday. Linn County Post 248 was able to win the opener, 8-2,…

LaNesha and Taylor Kuhn, Bonner Springs, announce the birth of their son, Hayes Harvey Kuhn, born Saturday, April 15, 2017, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. in Overland Park Hayes weighed 5 pounds and…

You never know what you’re going to see in Allen County, with the possible exception of some tropical beast such as a wild elephant — although woolly mammoths once plodded the Great Plains. Don’t think…

Our community and others nationwide are blessed by having citizens who care enough to give their time and talents to the advantage of numerous causes. One common to all is the effort to educate and…

Ralph Emerson Shafer, 98, Iola, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital. He was born July 9, 1918, in Allen County to Ralph Emerson and Lillie Jane (Hutchinson) Shafer. He attended…

For those whose ears reject the baroque pentameter of Shakespeare’s language but who still like to sip every now and then from the cup of classic literature, the Allen Summer Youth Theatre group has got…

The building best known by locals as Bonnie’s Corner Cafe is  set to make a comeback in August.  Tina Spiares and her husband Russ Gardner are hustling to complete a mound of renovations to the…

Iola’s ability to generate enough electricity to fully meet the city’s needs will be discussed at length Monday by Iola City Council members. For the past decade — since the 2007 flood, to be exact…

It’s been nearly 46 years since the Attica prison riots, but for many, the story is not yet complete. “Even today, it’s still a major, major fight, just to get the records,” notes Heather Ann…