The Allen Community College basketball program played the first leg of its brief two-game road trip on Wednesday night when it faced off against Coffeyville Community College.Coach Todd Buchanan’s Lady Red Devils lost, 71-53. It…

The Iola High wrestling program will hold its first home wrestling match tonight starting at 5:30.Labette County High and Erie will travel to Iola to compete in the three-team match.Iola had a previous home match…

The Allen Community College women’s soccer team picked up its newest recruit Tuesday afternoon when coach Jeremy McGinnis signed center back Alyssa Hosey.Hosey, a 17-year-old senior from Catoosa, Okla., will join a Lady Red Devils…

FREDONIA — The Humboldt High basketball program traveled to Fredonia to take on the Yellowjackets.In the girls game, the Lady Cubs lost, 50-47.Coach Aubrey Jones’ squad jumped out to an early 18-9 lead heading into…

MORAN — From the start of both the boys and girls games Tuesday night, it was evident Marmaton Valley and St. Paul played two very different styles of basketball.The Wildcats were more methodical in their…

Gilbert (Gib) W. Cation passed from this earth to eternal life on Jan. 7, 2016, at Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville. A celebration of his life will be at First Presbyterian Church in Independence at…

Capt. Donald Max “Don” Fuston, 85, Lecompton, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at Midland Hospice Care in Topeka. He was born Aug. 24, 1930, in Iola, the son of Thomas Jefferson and Goldie Ruth Broughton…

GAS — The old Gas school will start filling more of its role as a community center from decisions made by city council members Tuesday evening.At the urging of Pat Spencer, a vocal activist for…

Allen County commissioners learned Tuesday from a local contractor who specializes in dirt work filling the hole created by removal of Allen County Hospital — specifically its basement — can be a complicated procedure.R.J. Helms…

Good employees are not born, they are made. And employers are waking up to the fact that they are to have an integral role in an employee’s development. So says Don Alexander, outgoing president of…