Sharla Miller’s leisurely jog along the Portland Lehigh Trail took an unexpected turn Sunday afternoon.Miller was taking her usual route along the trail, where it passes under the Elm Creek Bridge, when she saw a…

MORAN — Call it a lease on life for Moran residents who intend to work toward better physical condition.“That’s all we’re waiting for, a signed lease” from Gratz Peters, Erie, “so we can get started…

 Local teens are participating in the growing trend of creatively devised “promposing” strategies that are sweeping prospective dates off their feet. Colton Toney, Iola, 18, said he got his idea of how to “prompose” to…

The Allen Community College baseball team looked in mid-season form on Monday in Iola as they blasted Ottawa University’s junior varsity 5-0 and 10-0 in their season-opening doubleheader.To obtain the pair of shutouts, Allen used…

Due to a death on the Prairie View girls’ team, the Buffalo girls have forfeited today’s games in Iola.The boys games will all be played at Iola High School with junior varsity first, then freshmen…

Bowlers at Country Lanes Bowling Alley donated $133 to “Brightening Veterans’ Lives” and across Kansas more than $14,000 was raised to support the cause which supplies services and materials to Veterans Administration hospitals across the…

A proposal of Gov. Sam Brownback’s in his State of the State message was for Kansas universities to find a way for students to earn a bachelor’s degree for the bargain-basement tuition cost of $15,000.He…

John Altyn Mulkey, 86, Yates Center, passed away at his home on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017.John was born Oct. 4, 1930, in Selma, to John Robert “Kenneth” Mulkey and Francis Marjorie (Burlingham) Mulkey. He attended…

Steven Eugene Phillips, 68, passed away Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, at Olathe Medical Center. Steve was born Sept. 13, 1948, in Gas. He is the son of Lee and Colleen Gumfory. Steve was the oldest…

The Allen Community College softball team opened its season in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Cowtown Classic.Despite ending their trip with an 8-7 eight-inning victory over North Central Texas College, the Red Devils finished with…