The looming threat of nasty winter weather — forecasts call for as much as 2 inches of snow today, followed by bitterly cold temperatures — has forced organizers to postpone today’s 19th annual Jingle Bell…

MORAN — The Marmaton Valley Middle School girls’ basketball team rolled to a 33-3 victory over Altoona-Midway in Moran on Tuesday.Marmaton Valley had seven players score in the blow-out win.Wildcat eighth-grader Kayla Ard led the…

LE ROY — The Southern Coffey County girls’ basketball team moved above .500 at 3-2 with a 28-27 win over Marais des Cygnes Valley on Tuesday night in Le Roy.The Titans had defeated the Trojans…

Human suffering is the product of the immense unrest in Syria and elsewhere in the Mideast. A secondary tragedy is the loss of innumerable religious and archeological treasures.Many of the cities date to well before…

Take a drive through rural Allen County some balmy day next spring. Pay attention when you drive past farm ponds near the road, or cross streams that flow at a trickle.Don’t be surprised if a…

Former Iolan Marjorie Mildred Ellis, 99, Sun City Center, Fla., died Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Born in Florence, Kansas, she is predeceased by her husband, former Iola mayor Ben C. Ellis, and sister Esther Nicholson,…

Russel Scott Lampe, 48, rural Colony, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016.Rusty was born Aug. 14, 1968, in Iola, the son of Albert and M. Marlene (Westerman) Lampe. He grew up in Iola and graduated…

LAHARPE — Ongoing efforts by the LaHarpe PRIDE Committee to improve the city park and other areas around town have drawn notice by the state.Kansas PRIDE, Inc., which oversees PRIDE groups across the state, has…

The 19th Annual Jingle Bell Jog, where area walkers and runners wear bells on their shoes (optional) in celebration of not only Christmas but also a healthy lifestyle, is set for Saturday.This year’s JBJ starts…

David and Laura Tidd know all too well the pain many go through during the holidays after having lost a loved one.The Tidds, both of whom were widowed at young ages, were married in 2013,…