COLUMBUS — Iola High’s Tavon Blazek entered Friday’s 4A Regional wrestling tournament with plenty of motivation. Not only was the junior trying to earn his way to Kansas high school wrestling’s final weekend for the…

Dear editor, I guess it’s because I’m old enough to remember when common sense was alive but it seems like the world has gone nuts. People are not civil to one another. It’s all about…

The adventure is about to begin. The oldest of our grandchildren, Hudson Lee, will graduate from Goddard High in Roswell, N.M., in May. A few months later, if all goes as he hopes, he will…

To my husband’s immense relief, I’m not one to make much ado about birthdays. Most years, it’s just another day with the excuse to enjoy dinner out.  Today, however, I turn 60, and while an…

HUMBOLDT — USD 258 wants to divest itself of the old Walter Johnson athletic field, “not to make money but to do something good for the community,” Superintendent Kay Lewis told committee members helping to…

Iola City Council members will hear a plea Monday to change its policies regarding past-due utility accounts. The Allen County Connectors — a group of local volunteers who assist citizens in need — are asking…

T his afternoon Molly Maxwell and Alec Horton will start their lives as husband and wife. The 4:30 p.m. ceremony at Wesley United Methodist Church will include music provided by a cellist and violinist, a…

Due to the size of our Weekender editition — expanded because its our annual Bridal Issue — the PDF version will be uploaded in two parts. The A section, with news, Court News and opinion…

Red Devil baseball made its 2016 home debut on Wednesday and did so in style. Allen outscored Oklahoma Wesleyan junior varsity 35-2 over the course of Wednesday’s doubleheader and cruised to a pair of victories.…

It is hard to win a game if you give up 49 percent shooting. It makes it nearly impossible when your top two guards combine to shoot just 26 percent. That is the situation that…