Melvin jaunt offers special attraction She’s run a lap at Churchill Downs in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby, along the Las Vegas strip and is nearing the halfway point of her goal…

LAHARPE — The nightmares continue to pile on local resident Judy Burkholder.Just two days after burying her husband’s ashes, Burkholder’s home at 1001 S. Main St. in LaHarpe was destroyed by a fire Saturday evening.Burkholder…

Courtney Holding and Derek Holland, Gas, announce the birth of a son, Nico Alexander, born June 30, 2010, at Allen County Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 3.5 ounces and was 19 inches long.His maternal grandmother…

Jimmy Jones, 75, of Humboldt died Friday, July 2, 2010, at Fountain Villa in Iola.Information about is life and funeral arrangements will be published when provided by Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel.

Cremation is planned for former Moran resident Charles L. Boman of Topeka, whose death on Saturday, June 19, 2010, was reported in the June 24 Register.Memorial services be at 10 a.m. July 10 at Dove…

CHANUTE — Riley Stephens, former Uniontown High standout, earned NJCAA Academic All-America honors for 2010.Stephens, who just finished her sophomore year at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, had a grade point average of 3.6379.…

Iola’s Shane Walden became the youngest golfer to hit a hole-in-one at Allen County Country Club.Walden, 13, sank his first-ever ace Thursday. He used a 6-iron to hit the ball the distance on the 160-yard,…

Neil Crane is a Hall of Famer.This morning, along with a throng of others, Crane of Iola was inducted into The College of Emporia Athletic Hall of Fame. Crane was a three-sport athlete coming out…

The skies above Iola and Allen County will be filled with fireworks this weekend.They’ll just as likely be filled with the distinctive powered parachutes starting Thursday for the ninth annual Powered Parachute Fly-In at Allen…

Allen County commissioners repeatedly have said they intend to finance whatever is done to improve healthcare through remodeling of Allen County Hospital or construction of a new hospital with revenue bonds.In pure form, revenue bonds…