Month: March 2018

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 10.5px; font: 9.5px ‘Nimrod MT’} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Happiness. Where do we find it? People spend a lot of time searching for happiness. Some people try…

The lively ditty “When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin’ Along” might have been Jerry Whitworth’s favorite. I’ve noticed several robins lately, which brought the song to mind in a bittersweet way. A…

This week I joined the Communist Party — at least according to Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state. All I really did was join the Kansas League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization whose goal…

Blane Anthony Lewis, infant son of James Lewis and Destinie Vargas passed away on Monday, March 5, 2018 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Blane was born at 3:24 a.m., he passed away…

Bailey Nichole Collins, 2 months, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at Hospital District No. 5, in Harper. She was born Dec. 27, 2017, in Wichita, the daughter of Christopher Michial Collins and Kristin Schainost.…

John Brocker is in line to take a seat as the next Allen County Commissioner. Brocker was nominated Thursday evening to represent the Third District, vacated last month by Jim Talkington’s resignation. Committee members came…

No longer tethered to the bulky oxygen tank she had to take with her pretty much everywhere, Jordan Yocham is enjoying her newfound freedom. The 19-year-old Iolan returned home Feb. 28 after spending more than…

You’re in the cockpit of a B-1 bomber. It’s the middle of the night. You’re somewhere over northern New Mexico, slicing through the black sky at about 600 knots. There are four of you in…

The Red Devil baseball team split the first half of their second conference series at Highland Community College on Thursday.  Allen County won the first game 11-6 and lost the second 8-6. The Red Devils…

The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference released their all-conference honors on Friday and two Allen County Red Devils found their way to the second team.  Sophomores Tyler Williams and Kamri Summons made the men’s and…