Thrive Allen County is hosting a Community Conversation at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, at the Gas Community Building.  Discussion will include what is going well in Gas and what can be improved.  Residents are…

Patrons of all ages can meet and greet poets, listen to poems, attend a poetry workshop or get a poem for their pocket. Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry…

Iola Elementary School fifth-grader Bradley Cooper took first place in the Allen County Spelling Bee on Friday afternoon, Feb. 24, at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. In second place was Thatcher Mueller, an eighth-grader at…

All A’s Eighth grade — Karline Covey, Kamry DeLaTorre, Rylee Ellison, Hadley Galloway, Connor gray, Gavin Gunderman, Kinley Hart, Lakyn Meadows, Thatcher Mueller and Jack Works. Seventh grade — Kolton Hanson, Jordan Hencey, Adalyn Hillmon,…

Iola split its speech and drama students into two teams, one competing at Marmaton Valley High School; the other in Pittsburg. The results were impressive. Iola took home first place at the Pittsburg Invitational, nabbing…

All A’s Fifth grade — Daniel Allee, Olivia Beaman, Kenna Bryant-Boone, Jaren Curl, Case Drake, Emily Heskett, Morgen Kinzer, Kinsley Vance and Kaiden Woods. Fourth grade — Layten Blevins, Tyler Borth, Douglas Dix, Chloe Henderson,…

Marmaton Valley High School students were among the more than 250 competitors from 10 other schools at the Allen Community College Math Relays March 9. Students competed in different math competitions and at different grade…

The honor roll is on a 4 point scale with an “A” counting 4 points, “B” counting 3 and a “C” counting 2. Students earning a “D” or an “F” are disqualified from the honor…

LAHARPE — Plans are taking shape for LaHarpe’s second annual craft fair Saturday. More than 30 vendors from across the state will be at LaHarpe City Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meanwhile, the…

The Cofachique chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered for their March meeting Saturday at Humboldt United Methodist Church.  Deborah Jackson presented a program on colonial cuisine and brought samples of some of…