Eliminating an administrator, reducing payment to the Bowlus Center, and shrinking the school year were proposed Tuesday night to save District 257 $550,000.Superintendent of Schools Jack Koehn proposed the budget recommendations before trustees. Shrinking the…

Providing students a more equitable learning environment and gaining efficiencies were the two leading factors that led to a unanimous vote Tuesday to move USD 257 elementary schools to attendance centers for the 2015-16 school…

COFFEYVILLE — Allen Community College’s softball team started off hot but went cold against Coffeyville Community College on Tuesday.The Red Devils won the first game 7-4 and lost the second, 5-0.In the first game, Allen…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Allen Community College’s outdoor track team got a good taste of competition against Division I and II schools at the Alabama Relays this past weekend.“For 5k athletes, you try and find the…

Teachers again are in the crosshairs of Kansas legislators. Poor educators; they must feel they are walking targets these days.This time the aim is to prevent teachers and other state employees from having union dues…

Iola native Donald Fitzmaurice, 79, Mont Ida, who still has family throughout the area, died Monday, March 23, 2015, at his home.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Mont Ida Church of…

Gary E. Pierson, 49, LaHarpe, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at the home of his sister in Hartford, where he has lived the past six months due to health issues. Funeral services will be at…

Carolyn Marlene Kendrick, 76, Fort Scott, died Sunday, March 22, 2015, at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. She was born Sept. 27, 1938, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Wade Robert Byington and Marie Mae…

Kaden Macha, who has already shown his talent on the gridiron and in the gym, now will begin his ascent through par 4s. The avid golfer has verbally committed to attend the University of Central…

Warmer weather has brought out gardeners in droves.Even so, there are still plenty of plots available at the Elm Creek Community Garden, noted Val McClean.McLean and wife Carolyn donated the land on which the garden…