Sunday services were in the new church building. Pastor Chase Riebel’s sermon reminded the congregation the building is “a new battleship” from which they can work baptizing and making disciples. Darren McGhee’s communion meditation was…

Colony Day featured a parade, a cornhole tournament, kids tractor pull, homemade pie contest, homemade salsa competition, vendors, and musical entertainment by the band Prairie Fire on Saturday.

COLONY — Head on over to Colony Saturday for a “Home Grown” celebration. The activities include an assortment of classic, small-town festivities including a parade, corn hole tournament, ice cream social, cakewalk and pie-eating contests.…

After 129 years of meeting at 306 N. Maple St., members of the Colony Christian Church capped Sunday’s service by loading their chairs onto a trailer where they were transported to their new location, 211…

COLONY — If you’ve ever felt you have no talents worth sharing, Colony’s United Methodist Church will prove you otherwise. “Cathy cuts, I stuff, Jane sews, and Pat totes,” Debbie Wools said of the crew’s…

Beginning this week, Allen County residents can expect surveyors along 3.3 miles of U.S. Highway 169 between Carlyle and Colony. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) began a survey Monday to gather information for proposed…

COLONY — Crest Middle and High School students making the honor roll for the second semester are as follows: All A Superintendent’s Honor Roll: Sixth grade: Dillon Fermyn, Jay Pearish, Haylee Powell, Kroy Walter; Seventh…

At the invitation of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, LilianaRose Blaufuss of Colony, Payton Scharff of Moran, and Abigail Meiwes of Iola, were selected to attend the 41st Annual Governor’s Scholars Awards Program on May 5,…

COLONY — LilianaRose Blaufuss, a senior at Crest High School in Colony, has received a full-ride scholarship to attend Kansas State University next fall. Blaufuss, the daughter of Michael and Jennifer Blaufuss of Westphalia, was…

Darren McGhee gave the communion meditation Sunday on Passion Sunday about the significance of Jesus riding a donkey.  Every donkey has the dark pattern of a cross on its back — the legendary symbol of…