Month: October 2017

From left, Meaghan Ilimaleota, Pam Coons, Don Burns and Travis Sigg were among the runners and walkers to participate Saturday morning in the “Scare Away Cancer” 5K, sponsored by the Allen County Relay For Life.…

Savonburg Day activities and parade came off without a hitch Saturday on a crisp, sunny fall day. Alyssa Allison, above, was among the youngsters dressed and made up for a Halloween costume contest. At right,…

LE ROY — Marmaton Valley and Southern Coffey County ended their season on Thursday with a 68-22 Wildcat win. The game ended midway through the third quarter after a Wildcat touchdown put the point spread…

WAMEGO — The Iola boys knew they had a tough task ahead of them at the state cross country meet Saturday.Twelve different teams from four different regionals lined up for a shot at the state…

WAMEGO — What a difference just one person can make. On Saturday morning the Yates Center boys cross country, poised to come into the Wamego Country Club and take the school’s first cross country title…

A newly developed history class at Iola High School has turned into quite the conversation piece … or pieces, to be precise.A pair of display cases, situated in the IHS commons area, are filled with…

When class let out on a crisp fall afternoon at a one-room school two miles south of Aliceville in 1942, Wayne Slinkard didn’t dally. He scooted through a fence into a pasture north of the…

Allen County planners voted unanimously Thursday evening to recommend county commissioners approve a special use permit so a wind farm may be constructed in northeast Allen County.The field of 56 turbines, each 500 to 600…

Funeral services for Mr. Joseph Paul Albrecht, 76, Cookeville, Tenn., will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cookeville First United Methodist Church with Dr. Martin Thielen and Rev. Rob Wheeler officiating. Private interment will follow…

Laura Giffin, 73, Garnett, died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, at Meadowbrook in Gardner.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett, with burial to follow in the Garnett…