Stop the run.That has been the focus all week for Iola High’s Mustangs. Teams average 300 yards of rushing yardage against Iola in the first two games of 2010.“We have to stop the run. Whatever…

Writers are always told to “write what you know.” Laura Manivong decided to write what she married. “Escaping the Tiger,” is the fictionalized story of her husband, Anousone “Troy” Manivong and his escape from communist-held…

Not all of the stories to be discussed at Saturday’s Iola Family Reading Festival are of the light-hearted fare.Jason Malott’s debut novel, “Evolution of Shadows,” explores the other end of the spectrum, focusing instead on…

When “The Marvelous Wonderettes” unfolds on the Bowlus Fine Arts Center stage this weekend, it will be a “Back to the Future” reprise for all who remember and enjoy pop tunes of the late 1950s…

As Allen Countians look ahead and consider approval of a quarter-cent countywide sales tax to help pay for a new hospital, a 1949 bill from Iola’s first hospital, St. John’s, shows how much healthcare economics…

Allen County Hospital has room to grow — patients, that is.Of the possible patients in its surrounding area, the hospital attracts only 43 percent.“It should be 70 percent,” said Joyce Heismeyer, ACH chief executive officer…

Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats and the Southern Coffey County High Lady Titans were guests of the St. Paul High Indians Tuesday.The Lady Titans made themselves much more at home than the Indians or the Wildcats…

GAS — The surface of the new walking trail will be laid in Fees Park here later this month.City Supt. Steve Robb told councilmen Tuesday night that drainage work and other preparations were being done…

Commissioners learned Tuesday that Allen County won a grant of up to $150,000 from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to make improvements to the courthouse and critical response center, 410 N. State St. The…

Allen County commissioners met in executive session for five minutes Tuesday to discuss acquisition of property for a new Allen County Hospital site, but gave no indication of what they were considering.Commissioner Dick Works wondered…