Throngs of volunteers were in LaHarpe Saturday for the LaHarpe PRIDE Committee’s annual Cleanup Day, where they cleared lawns of brush, debris and even helped demolish a dilapidated house. Assisting were students from Kansas State…

As a young girl, Linda O’Nelio Knoll knew something was missing in her education.   Despite being regaled by the heroics of her ancestors who worked in the coal mines of Southeast Kansas during the…

Neil and Roberta Crane raised their family to believe in the importance of giving back to their community. And in using the term “family,” that means not only their children but also the students Neil…

The season for giving is now underway. Your Community Foundation once again offers an opportunity to double your donation for those who give to one of 14 local endowment funds. A grant from the Patterson…

Allen County’s Nov. 5 election results were finalized Thurday when commissioners met in special session with County Clerk Shannon Patterson to perform the official canvass.  Patterson presented commissioners with 120 provisional ballots, which are those…

Fear settles deep into your bones when you doubt your own senses. Did I see something move, over there in the corner? Is someone there? Surely it’s just the wind, whispering. Real terror lurks in…

“It’s not like you haven’t given us fair warning,” Humboldt council member Cindy Holingsworth told city administrator Cole Herder at the city’s council meeting Tuesday evening. “You’ve been telling us that this was going to…

Fire crews battled a house fire early Wednesday evening at 911 S. Washington Ave. in Iola. The family, home at the time the blaze started, escaped unharmed. The cause of the fire was not immediately…

Every now and then, Iola High School drama instructor Regina Chriestenson is comfortable enough to take a big swing with her theatrical productions. Such decisions most often are contingent on the cast: more specifically, how…

A flurry of public meet-and-greets, interviews and tours awaits candidates for Allen Community College president the first week of December.  College trustees laid out a timeline to meet with finalists as a nationwide search comes…