Allen County employees  should know next week how much of a raise in wages they will receive.Commissioner Tom Williams proposed Tuesday to give a 2 percent increase to compensate for cost of living and permit…

City and county crews ready for storm As a strong northwestern winter storm threatens to move into the Midwest, local road and emergency crews can only guess as to what they should expect. However, that…

LE ROY — Southern Coffey County High’s boys and girls wrapped up the regular season in fine fashion Tuesday, sweeping past visiting Uniontown High. The Lady Titans fended off Uniontown 50-46 before the SCC boys…

YATES CENTER — A 26-9 run by visiting Burlington High in the second quarter put things well out of reach Tuesday for Yates Center High’s boys.The visiting Burlington squad led 17-10 after one quarter and…

COLONY — While Crest girls head coach Ben Vaughn thought his team played well on defense, it wasn’t enough to stifle the Madison High Lady Bulldogs Tuesday evening.They lost the contest 40-22, after Madison unleashed…

COLONY — It seemed as if a different team showed up in the second half of the Crest High contest against Madison High — a team that could not miss from outside. “We didn’t look…

CHERRYVALE — One more goal down, a few mighty big ones to go.Humboldt High secured a perfect regular-season mark in dominating fashion Tuesday, outscoring host Cherryvale High 30-4 after one quarter.The Cubs cruised from there,…

GARNETT — Eric Tastove is listed at 6-3 on Anderson County High’s roster.It only seemed like he was 10 feet tall at times against the Iola High defense.Tastove scored early and often as the host…

GARNETT — Murphy’s Law was in full effect at the start for Iola High’s girls.Whatever could go wrong in the first quarter did, both on offense and defense.Host Anderson County was stifling with its early…

Thomas R. “Tommy” Thomas II, 32, Iola, passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Ogden, Utah. Tommy was born April 16, 1980, on the New London Connecticut Naval Submarine Base in New London, Conn., the…