Alexander’s gotten a bit of a bad rap through the years.Perhaps it’s his diet — often cute, fuzzy animals — or maybe it’s his imposing appearance, with his razor sharp teeth and scary-looking eyes.In any…

Larry Wayne Hurlock, 74, Ottawa, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola.He was born July 7, 1943, in Wichita, to Clyde Earl and Goldie Lillian (Stout) Hurlock. He grew…

Norma Dell Barclay, 86, Iola, died Monday, September 11, 2017, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park.Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 U.S. 54, Iola.…

Sometimes all you need is a little change. Iola volleyball head coach Emily Hampton made that realization over the weekend after her team fell 1-2 in the Iola Invitational on Saturday and decided to make…

GAS — Gas councilmen overlooked policy Tuesday evening and voted to sell 12 lots to Cindy Todd, so that she and her companion may place a manufactured home.Gas had owned the lots for several years…

HUMBOLDT — School board members have approved placing a “school bus stop ahead” sign along a rural county road.The USD 258 Board of education voted, 5-0, to send the sign to Allen County commissioners so…

Mitch Garner, Allen County’s director of Public Works, promised his crew would have several miles of old U.S. 169 spiffed up well ahead of this year’s 60th anniversary Biblesta in Humboldt.Ken Lott mentioned to commissioners,…

MORAN — A little bit of everything is in store for festival-goers who partake this weekend in the 2017 Moran Day celebration.While the bulk of the activities are geared for Saturday, a number of events…

    Skeeter has a theory. Here it is: the Midwest produces more and better clowns because the Midwest — lovely though it can be — is, for the most part, dull. Kids here, says…

HUTCHINSON — Southwind Extension District 4-H members from Allen and Neosho Counties came up aces Sunday at the Kansas State Fair Photography Judging Contes.The senior team of Sophie Osborn, Jackson Wilks and Kim Cutter-Yarnell placed…