FORT SCOTT — Allen County Community College’s Red Devils had a rough start to the 2011 volleyball season.The youthful team went 1-3 at the Fort Scott Community College tournament Friday and Saturday. The lone win…

Training is what it takes to build a national contender in cross country.That’s according to Allen County Community College’s new cross country head coach Vince DeGrado. He would know since a year ago he guided…

RICHMOND  — Iola High Fillies’ head coach Jodi Grover and Humboldt High Lady Cubs’ head coach Stephanie Splechter assessed their teams’ season opening tournament play pretty much the same way.Their teams learned a lot in…

Iola High’s Fillies dropped only one game in their run through pool play at Saturday’s Iola JV Invitational. That put them in the championship match.Pool play featured two games per match and the Iola junior…

Chris Stockebrand was the guest speaker at Friday night’s 94th annual meeting of the Allen County Farm Bureau.Stockebrand is the general manager of the Woodson County Cooperative. He spent 13 years working for the grain…

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Officers investigating a string of recent hay bale fires are looking into the latest fire Saturday, in which a “person of interest” was spotted near where the fire occurred.Allen County Sheriff Tom Williams said a…

If enthusiasm is catching, Erica French’s Iola High School’s freshmen and sophomore English students will be bursting at the seams to read what William Shakespeare had to say about life and love centuries ago.French, 27,…

John Robert “Bob” Zentner, 81, of Welda died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at his home.Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at First Christian Church in Garnett.  Visitation will be from 6 to…

Marjorie Ruth “Marge” Seibolt of Iola, died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at her home at the age of 80.Marjorie was born March 11, 1931, in Ottawa, to Gilbert and Cecil (Wells) Munson. She grew up…