Month: August 2014

In its inaugural “Women in the Outdoors” event last fall, the National Wild Turkey Federation drew dozens of female shooting enthusiasts to the area to partake in a variety of exercises.The second such event Sept.…

Signing on to be a new fifth-grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School meant coming home for Callie Minor. Literally.Minor’s parents recently finished building a new home which opened the opportunity for her to move into…

COLONY — Colony Day 2014 is fast approaching Saturday and the whole town is preparing for the daylong event. In addition to tractor pulls, turtle races, cake walks and other fun activities, this year’s celebration…

HESSTON — Allen Community College’s soccer teams both started off the season with wins. The men’s team defeated Hesston, 4-1, while the women beat Hesston, 6-2.For the Red Devil men, Dom Nwagwu scored two goals,…

Allen Community College’s women’s volleyball team lost for the first time in a heartbreaking five-set match to the Labette Community College Cardinals Wednesday.  The match was also ACC’s first league loss on the young season.…

Members of Allen County Community Foundation discussed the future of fundraising with hospital trustees Tuesday evening.Susan Michael, foundation director, told the board that fundraising efforts for Allen County Regional Hospital need to be taken over…

As young children we carefully watch our parents’ actions. Monkey see, monkey do.When Aubrey Creitz was a child growing up in Erie she knew she would follow her mother Shaila’s footsteps into education.“I enjoyed watching…

Chris Richards worked for more than 30 years at Iola’s largest employer, Gates Corporation.As such, he became familiar with scores of coworkers, past and present, through the years until he retired from the hose manufacturing…

Jeff Richards’ business has outgrown its quarters —  his garage at 301 S. Elm St.Richards owns Rebel Works metal manufacturing, a business that makes signs out of metal.Richards approached Allen County commissioners several weeks ago…

Donald L. Buckner, 80, Agency, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014 at Heartland Regional Medical Center.He was born May 12, 1934 to Glenn and Alice (Laderer) Buckner in Mound City. He married Meryldee Sparks on…