Allen Community College’s track team has reached the halfway mark in the season. Coach Vince DeGrado is particularly happy with how his distance runners have done.“Pedro [Montoya], Diego [Sanchez] and Trail [Spears] have been kind…

WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS? URBAN CONSERVATIVES HATE RURAL KANSAS AS, APPARENTLY, DOES OUR GOVERNORCircle the wagons, rural Kansans, the conservative representatives and senators of our urban centers and our governor are out to destroy…

In the 1980s, the poem “The Warning” — the impetus for the “Red Hat Society” — was a big hit among U.S. women. Written 20 years earlier by Jenny Joseph of England, and not one…

Betty Cantrell went to work at an Iola cafe more than 45 years ago. She never returned home.Though officially her murder remains unsolved, Tom Williams, a crime-fighter here for years with the KBI and as…

Angie Linn, USD 257 district curriculum director, will take on additional responsibilities as principal at McKinley Elementary for the 2015-16 school year.Linn’s new position was announced Wednesday among other reassignments made by Jack Koehn, superintendent…

LAHARPE — For a company that prided itself with the motto “everything to build anything,” Saturday’s dispersal auction for Diebolt Lumber Company brings the end of an era.“If you’re looking for a good price on…

Going to the dentist often ranks with some sort of medieval torture. Think iron cuffs and shackles.Dr. David Andersen completely understands.“I know what it’s like to be poked and prodded, so I can relate to…

Anthony Myers, two days away from a planned move to Manhattan, is in a Joplin hospital after suffering a medical episode Wednesday evening.It’s not immediately clear if the episode was related to a dramatic rescue…

PLEASANTON — Crest High’s track team competed at Pleasanton on Tuesday. The girls took eighth place and the boys came in sixth.Individual results follow: Girls 1600m runTaryn Covey, third, 7:10.12DiscusLaurel Godderz, third, 84’8”Krystal Cooper, fourth,…

PITTSBURG — Iola High’s golf team continues to roll this season, getting another team tournament win in as many contests — Kaden Macha took second individually.The team shot a 318 overall, one stroke better than…