Another game, another win.Iola High’s Fillies won their fifth straight after beating Osawatomie 51-19 Tuesday night.Although by game’s end the point spread was double-digits, it wasn’t the strongest of starts for the Fillies. Iola dominated…

An unofficial online petition proposing the recall of Gov. Sam Brownback has been sweeping the state since Feb. 1. The petition so far has collected 34,453 signatures.The originator behind the petition is Iolan Tony Piazza,…

MORAN — Forgive Emily Boyd if she wants to stop and catch her breath now and then.She’s earned it.Boyd, a senior at Marmaton Valley High School, learned last week she was named a National Merit…

Allen County more than doubled its land holdings Tuesday morning.Commissioners, on a unanimous vote after a 10-minute executive session, agreed to purchase 255 acres from Don Diebolt for quarry operations. At $3,000 per acre, cost…

LAHARPE — The Allen County Animal Rescue Facility will remain open.Janice Porter, ACARF,’s director, shared the good news Friday in an email to fellow ACARF directors and other supporters.Porter lauded the financial support of several…

In the search for revenue, a Kansas City legislator has suggested property taxes be raised on land used for agricultural purposes.Sen. Jeff Melcher, a Republican from Leawood, contends farmers have had it too easy. “They…

PIQUA — Dorothy Sparks and other organizers are putting the finishing touches on Friday’s Winter Fest 2015, the largest fundraiser of the year for Hope Unlimited, Inc., a non-profit organization that aids victims of domestic…

The Bowlus is going to the birds and cats and dogs. Popovich Comedy Pet Theater will perform at 3 p.m., Sunday on the Bowlus stage.Gregory Popovich is a fourth-generation Russian circus performer. He became a…

Sitting at a long table beneath the fluorescent lights of the Senior Center in Neosho Falls, Thelma Bedenbender, 84, searches for something amid a pile of papers.While she does that, Rev. Russell Anderson, the soft-spoken,…

Edwin J. “Ed” Barber, 85, Iola, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at his home.Ed was born Oct. 4, 1929, in Long Beach, Calif., the son of James H. “Bud” and Ruth (Rogers) Barber. The family…