The title of the upcoming Allen County Community College theatrical production — “A Happy Gentle Melody, or the Scandalous Staccato Steals the Show” — may be a bit misleading. With a story filled with energy…

The elephant in the room was a big and tan behemoth that until Thursday morning few had been willing to publicly recognize posed a problem. It’s the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, whose grandeur over the…

Rosella M. Hillbrant, 74, of Iola died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Allen County Hospital.Information about her life and funeral arrangements will be published when provided by Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapels of Iola, which…

Charles L. Boman, 78, of Topeka and formerly of Moran died, Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Information about his life and funeral arrangements will be published when provided by Dove Cremation & Funeral Services, 4020 S.W.…

Earlier this month I watched on the news something that happened in a large nursing home in New York that was caught on its security camera. An elderly lady with dementia was reaching for something…

President Barack Obama fired Stanley Mc-Chrystal Wednesday and told Gen. David Petraeus to start running the war in Aghanistan as of that moment.McChrystal was fired because he and his aides bad-mouthed the Obama adminstration —…

Thirteen Allen County Community College students entered diversion agreements for their roles in an April 8 ruckus that found its way onto the Internet site YouTube.The diversion agreements were entered Wednesday in Iola Municipal Court…

Can water float in the air? Youngsters 8 and older will find out on Saturday when the “Nutty Professor” Jean Winters performs mystifying feats of science in the Flewharty-Powell Annex, 211 East St.,  north of…

Toward the end of the 1968 Humboldt Speedway season, Dick Davis’ racer got tangled up in traffic and the rear end was torn out of the 1937 Ford sedan dirt track special.Getting back on the…

CHANUTE — True to their nature, Kansas politicians couldn’t agree whether the outcome of the 2010 Legislative session was one of triumph or failure. “All in all, it was a spectacular success,” said Rep. Julie…