Allen County commissioners are working with locals to ensure Christmas cheer still comes to the Iola square this year. Dance studio director Chelsea Lea volunteered her services with regard to helping make sure lights would…

Chase D. Waggoner, formerly a fire chief in Girard, has been hired as Iola’s next fire chief. Waggoner’s hiring was announced Tuesday by Interim City Administrator Corey Schinstock. Waggoner also has worked in Missouri and…

Local banks have closed their lobbies because of increases in coronavirus cases in the area. The banks will maintain drive-thru services, which will be open during their regular banking hours. Most banks also offer some…

PHILADELPHIA — Before noon on Monday, Jared Gorin was sitting by himself on a wooden bench at William H. Gray III 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, masked and waiting for the 12:05 back home to…

The bulk of Humboldt’s maintenance department were sent home Tuesday morning when it was discovered a coworker had tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Seven of the department’s eight-person crew will be quarantined effective until…

CEDAR CREST — Bess and Betty stamped and snorted Tuesday morning in the guest parking lot of the governor’s mansion, where for 40 minutes they waited patiently and sometimes impatiently in fur-ruffling wind under a…

China is stepping up virus inspections on imported food packaging as cooler weather brings new waves of coronavirus infections in several overseas countries, Chinese officials said Wednesday. Packaging is “not exempt” from carrying the virus,…

WASHINGTON — During the presidential campaign, Democrats expressed persistent anxiety that Joe Biden’s coalition would collapse as soon as it ousted President Donald Trump from the White House — it felt too ideologically conflicted, too…

The winter sports season for area high schools will start as planned, with a slightly longer-than-normal break in the middle for the holidays, and without fans in the stands for the first two months. The…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged past 30,000 points for the first time in history Tuesday, a day after the Trump administration finally agreed to start the transition process to President-elect Joe Biden. Investors also…