Month: November 2017
Not all Allen Countians will have many choices on their respective ballots Tuesday. In fact, several races will depend on write-in votes to fill vacancies, with contested seats few and far between. Only voters in…
The Yates Center Wildcats heard the yells and cheers from the Olpe (8-2) players and fans as they made their way across the field, through the misty rain after their 62-0 defeat in the regional…
It was a defensive tussle that turned into a route on Wednesday. The Allen County women’s basketball team had little trouble with Ottawa’s JV team, winning 85-47. The first half was complete domination with the…
The Red Devil men’s basketball team started the season off strong on Wednesday, recording a 96-67 win over Ottawa’s JV squad. The win wasn’t as easy as the score looks. The early parts of the…
Dear editor,The Koch Brothers’ Prosperity for America has been running a TV ad of a young woman saying the Republicans are going to lower taxes on the middle class with tax reform and that Missouri…
When Kansas legislators decided in 2014 to shift local city and school board elections from spring to fall they projected voter turnout would more than double.In Iola, we can’t even fill the slate.Positions for both…
Paul Dean Karr of Iola died Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017.He was a generous and loving man. He was preceded in death by his parents Roy and Margaret Karr and nephew Dakota Karr and wife Debra…
Russell J. Bishop, 88, Yates Center, passed away early Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, at his home.On Jan. 10, 1949, he and Betty Ann Morrow were married in Yates Center.Russell was preceded in death by his…
A new service launched today allows residents to send texts to the Allen County 911 Communications Center.The Text-to-911 program is especially beneficial for the deaf or hard of hearing, 911 director Angie Murphy explained in…
Jennifer Coltrane doesn’t pretend to have the answers to challenges facing students and educators in today’s society.“But I want to do my part to support them in all they do,” she said.She often practices what…
