Donald Henkle, 79, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. A gathering for friends and family will be at 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., March 2, at the Maize Community Building in Maize. Don…

Tera Reed, Chanute, and Jason Schultz, Chanute, are happy to announce their engagement to be married on Nov. 1, 2014. The couple will be united in marriage at the Chanute Central Park Pavilion.Tera is the…

Years ago Art Linkletter wrote a book, “Kids Say the Darndest Things.” That they do, and I wish I had written down what I’ve heard from my grandchildren in recent years.I remember a few.One day…

Iolan Jerod Franklin had an observation that shouldn’t be overlooked in zeal to upgrade schools. Or for that matter, in the vast improvement in health care brought about by construction of the new Allen County…

There’s a little saying Kansans like to use, “If you don’t like the weather wait five minutes.”Kansas weather is fickle — one day it might be snowing and the next it could be 80 degrees.However,…

Patron Insight, a strategic guidance company hired by USD 257, will begin a telephone survey this weekend. The company will do a random telephone survey that takes 10 to 12 minutes to complete.The survey will…

Luka Kapkiai grew up in a Kenyan village in Africa of about 1,000 people, near the equator and not far from Lake Victoria. Flora and fauna abound, but its picturesque qualities are deceiving, Kapkiai told…

Opponents derailed for the time being plans by Monarch Cement Co. to open quarries on about 200 acres northeast of Humboldt.Monarch had filed for a conditional use permit to move heavy equipment into the agricultural…