With under two minutes remaining in a scoreless first half, Taylor House cleared a long pass down field for Allen County Community College’s Red Devils.Matt Searcy outran the Cowley County defenders and blasted a shot…

Uniontown High’s Eagles collected two more wins to go to 21-2 on the season. They are no longer No. 1 ranked in Class 2A.That’s because as of Monday when the Kansas State High School Activities…

Iola will take possession of an abandoned trailer park on South Vermont Street to ensure the dilapidated trailer houses are removed in a timely fashion.Code Enforcement Officer Jeff Bauer explained that Citizens Bank of Paola…

Iolans will hear the city’s new storm sirens at noon Friday.Police Chief Jared Warner told Iola commissioners Tuesday that crews from Blue Valley Public Safety were installing the new $145,000 alert system and should have…

While some Iolans are getting hit with what Southeast Kansas Multi County Health Department Public Health Nurse Wendy Froggatte described as “a really wicked virus,” flu season is not yet upon us.Froggatte herself succumbed to…

A volunteer recycling effort may be in a shop building owned by Allen County just north of the county’s critical response center in the 400 block of North State Street.Kris Weide and others from Allen…

A new Allen County Hospital would be built east of town between The Family Physicians and Citizens Bank, Allen County Commissioners said Tuesday morning.“That’s the preferred spot if we can make it work,” said Commissioner…

George Joseph Meiwes, 83, of rural Moran died Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, at his home.He was born May 19, 1927, in rural Okarche, Okla., to Steve and Margaret Ann (Rausch) Meiwes. He grew up in…

Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether to increase a countywide sales tax by 1⁄4 of a cent to go toward a new Allen County Hospital.Members of the Allen County Healthcare Committee address questions about the…

The idea of a longer school year makes sense, President Barack Obama said in a television interview Monday, adding that American youngsters attend classes, on average, about a month less than children in other advanced…