GIRARD — Amid miserable weather conditions, Iola Middle School’s track teams still brought home several medals for their efforts at the Girard Middle School Invitational.Buoyed by eighth-grader Braden Plumlee and seventh-grader Dalton Ryherd, the Ponies…

DES MOINES, Iowa — Seth Sanford, an Iola Middle School eighth-grader, went 4-4 and finished one victory shy of earning All-American status at the AAU Middle School National Duals.Sanford was a member of Team Kansas,…

While storms and cold weather earlier in the week forced some changes to the schedule, Iola and Humboldt’s baseball and softball teams and Yates Center’s softball squad still were able to get in plenty of…

The Allen County Community College Endowment Auction will be Saturday evening at the American Legion in Iola. The silent auction begins at 5 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the live auction at 8 p.m. …

A group gathered at Tri-Valley Developmental Services in Chanute on Wednesday afternoon to pay tribute to John and Georgia Masterson’s late daughter, Jennie, in the form of a renovated computer lab named in her honor.Tri-Valley…

The St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church outreach program represents a small group of people in the community with big hearts, and an even bigger impact.The church, which hosts from 25 to 30 people on any given…

SEK Multi County Health Department’s DeeDee Martin, chief nursing officer, and Sara Frederick, chief financial officer, look at their mission of serving residents of Allen and three adjoining counties in a proactive manner.That has resulted…

Iola High School students have some big shoes to fill with their production of “Grease” — they pull it off very well.With their own spin on the classic musical, they bopped till they dropped and…

Otis Merle Smith, Sr., 81, Moran, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Allen County Hospital.Otis was born Feb. 21, 1932, at Harding, Ark., the son of Randall and Hester (Loveall) Smith.On Jan. 7, 1956,…

Alabama football. KU basketball. Texas A&M track and field. These athletic programs are a big part of their university’s identities, and as such provide a windfall of profits.Most colleges, however, don’t reap much benefit from…