UNIONTOWN – In a tight game, a team cannot blink.Uniontown High’s Eagles blinked at home Friday night. It came at the worst time – in a substate semifinal game.The Eagles and Northeast High Vikings were…

UNIONTOWN – In a tight game, a team cannot blink.Uniontown High’s Eagles blinked at home Friday night. It came at the worst time – in a substate semifinal game.The Eagles and Northeast High Vikings were…

UNIONTOWN – Shooting just 25 percent doesn’t cut it during a substate semifinal, especially when the other team is shooting 47 percent.Uniontown High’s Eagle girls found themselves looking up at Madison High’s Bulldogs although the…

UNIONTOWN – Shooting just 25 percent doesn’t cut it during a substate semifinal, especially when the other team is shooting 47 percent.Uniontown High’s Eagle girls found themselves looking up at Madison High’s Bulldogs although the…

Defense wins games. Defense wins championships.Crest High’s Lady Lancers proved that defense wins games in their 42-40 victory Friday night over Chetopa High’s Hornets. It came in the Kansas Class 1A, Division II Substate Basketball…

Chalk talk of the week: don’t take any team lightly or overlook any team.Crest High’s Lancers brought that attitude into Thursday’s Kansas Class 1A, Division II Substate Tournament semifinals. They rolled up a 77-32 win…

City Administrator Carl Slaugh is curious whether Iola residents have any ideas on how the city’s budget can be pared.No idea is too big, or too small, Slaugh said.Suggestions can be submitted by calling City…

March will be a hectic month for Iola Middle School eighth-grader Clara Wicoff.Wicoff, five-time defending county spelling champion, will travel to Great Bend March 17 to compete in the State Spelling Bee in the hopes…

McKinley Elementary Principal Lori Maxwell has been promoted to serve as curriculum director for USD 257 at the end of the school year.Taking over for Gail Dunbar who has taken a position as superintendent of…

Allen County will continue to offer health insurance to its employees through a partially self-insured program.County commissioners, gathering in an adjourned meeting Thursday, eschewed a proposal to go back to being fully insured through Blue…