Jeff and Debbie Jones, Paola, and siblings, Vincent, Maximus and Grady, announce the birth of their daughter and sister, Ella Grace, born March 7, 2012, at Shawnee Mission Hospital in Kansas City. She weighed 7…

When our national security is at risk because not enough young men and women can qualify to serve in its defense, it sounds an alarm. Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, is calling the…

Allen County Kids Wrestling Club sends these four wrestlers to the 2012 Kansas Kids Wrestling State Tournament this weekend in Topeka. T.J. Taylor (in front) is in the 8-and-under 46-pound class. In the back row,…

Not much has been going right for Allen Community College’s Red Devils on the baseball diamond. After a four-game home series last weekend, the Red Devils are in a seven-game losing skid. Johnson County Community…

Allen Community College’s softball team went on the road last weekend. The Red Devils had four Jayhawk Eastern Division games out west. It was not a good swing out to Pratt and Dodge City. Allen…

Iolan Pat McGhee, who was the lead singer for Richard Pearman’s six-piece Western Swingers band 30 years ago, was among many who stopped by Pearman’s home Wednesday afternoon to wish him a happy birthday. Pearman,…

March madness is usually synonymous with basketball. While NCAA basketball games are on the national bill this weekend, Iola will experience its own version Saturday brought about by rockers and rappers. In step with Scooter’s…

As work to extend the Prairie Spirit trail from Iola to Humboldt continues, its founders, supporters and friends are prepping for the 16th anniversary of the now 51-mile-long trail’s inauguration. What started in March 1996…

Michael Keith Grayson died in a house fire at his home in Chanute on Sunday, March 18, 2012.  Michael was born June 21, 1990, in Chanute, to James and Cathy (Nelson) Grayson and had lived…

House Republicans wrote the Democrats’ fall campaign script Tuesday when House budget committee chairman Paul Ryan presented a dramatic overhaul of federal taxing and spending that would slash Medicare, food stamps, Pell grants for poor…