Month: February 2017

A Wichita man will spend the next 22 years in prison for child sex crimes. Alan Lee Greer, 33, was handed the sentence Friday by Allen County District Judge Daniel Creitz. In ordering the sentence,…

Any way you stack it, Iola’s downtown business district is at a crossroads. With long-time merchants such as Town & Country, Ulrich Furniture and McGinty-Whitworth shutting their doors, it leaves the downtown square with some…

A rapt crowd of nearly 200, mostly farmers or those so associated, hung onto every word Monday night when Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh, legendary agricultural economist at KSU, gave his two cents on the 2018 farm…

Humanity House plans to kick its “classes into gear” with a number of upcoming free workshops, starting this month. Tracy Keagle, director, announced the classes in a press release.  “Not Your Grandma’s Embroidery” is a…

BURLINGTON — The Iola Fillies’ made that all too familiar journey to Burlington on Friday night and as has been their recent history with the Wildcats, they hung in the game the whole way, but…

BURLINGTON — Friday’s 66-58 loss in Burlington was a microcosm on the Mustangs’ entire season thus far.Early in the game, it appeared Iola would have a great shot of knocking off the No. 7 ranked…

These days, it is impossible not to see that the Allen Community College women’s basketball team is making strides, unfortunately on Wednesday night those strides didn’t add up to a win as the Red Devils…

Track season is already upon us for the Allen Community College Red Devils as coach Vince DeGrado’s squad opened the season at Missouri Southern in Joplin on January 20 and 21.Freshman Paul Becker highlighted the…

The Allen Community College men’s basketball team needed a win on Wednesday night and faced a tough task with Butler Community College coming to Iola, but behind two of their more experienced players, the Red…

Rudy Taylor, the Caney scribe, recently wrote a light-hearted column about buying a KU Jayhawks shirt made in an Asian country. Concealed carry of firearms and their presence on Kansas campuses isn’t a bit light-hearted;…