Month: September 2015

Safety on old U.S. 169 remains on the minds of Allen County commissioners. Tuesday they encouraged Sheriff Bryan Murphy to ramp up patrols when Monarch Cement Company starts to mine and haul shale from 2½…

For the first two weeks of the year, Allen Community College failed to find victory in five games — including its two preseason matchups. In fact, the Red Devils couldn’t even find the back of…

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley volleyball program hosted a tournament Tuesday night featuring junior varsity and varsity squads from Madison, Hartford and Crest.In the junior varsity tournament, Marmaton Valley faced off against Crest for its…

Two things stand out about Whitney Shaw’s new office.“There are lists everywhere,” she said, pointing to a desk littered with stacks of notes. Schedules, reminders and annotations all jotted in pen are strewn across the…

Last week’s stock market gyrations had the media all in a tizzy — for all of a day. By Tuesday, markets had more or less rebounded, and now it’s as if it were all a…

HUMBOLDT — Casey Jones, the renowned train engineer of the 19th century, would be right at home in Humboldt a few weeks hence.On Oct. 10 a prominent sideshow of a Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit will be…

Iolans began receiving notices Monday from the Environmental Protection Agency, detailing the agency’s plans to remove lead-contaminated soil from 350 or so properties later this month.In the letter sent out Friday, yards with more than…

Aside from the brick walls and wooden rafters, not much of the old remains in place at Iola Auto Wash.“Everything else is pretty much A-to-Z brand new,” said Kyle Owens, who acquired the former Iola…