Take a drive through rural Allen County some balmy day next spring. Pay attention when you drive past farm ponds near the road, or cross streams that flow at a trickle.Don’t be surprised if a…

With a Republican troika in place after Nov. 8’s election — the GOP in control of House, Senate and White House — among the first far-reaching proposals being mentioned are how to reconfigure Social Security…

A common refrain heard of Donald Trump during the campaign and now that he is president-elect, has been a change from business as usual inside the Beltway is welcome. Also, that he being a successful…

My real-time remembrances of World War II — being born in 1943 — are limited to the evening my father, Ed Johnson, arrived home after his discharge on a train at Durand, a solitary depot…

Sometimes being bull-headed about being right proves an act of folly. Gas council members may be on the verge of such a mistake.In 2001, Gas negotiated a contract with Iola to purchase water. A part…

Owners of vehicles powered by diesel engines can get an attractive rebate by using biodiesel fuel.Here’s the deal with the incentive: Fleet owners get a $1 per gallon refund up to 1,000 gallons of consumption…

Good news for conservatives — willing to twist the most dire outcomes to fit what they long for — is that tax revenue flowing to Kansas coffers in November was $1.4 million more than forecast.From…

Downtown Iola will die — over the collective body of the remaining downtown merchants. Their attitude? That fat lady has not even begun to warm up. “I’m still of the mind that better days lie…

Deer season opened Wednesday. Unlike years past, I wasn’t tucked away in a blind — albeit one that has sliding glass windows and a propane heater — before the first cock crowed. For 50 years…

Wednesday’s A Look Back in Time on the opinion page recalled an American Red Cross drive in 1956 that asked Allen Countians to donate $405 to help the organization distribute food, medicine and clothing to…