Terry Joe and Karen Johnson are celebrating 44 years of marriage. They were married on Sept. 30, 1980, at Lavern’s Marriage Parlor in Miami, Okla.

USD 257 welcomed officials from the Environmental Protection Agency who presented a $690,000 ceremonial check Thursday for the purchase of two electric buses and a charging station.  School board members in June approved an EPA…

PHILADELPHIA — As flu and cold season approaches, Americans are also being urged to remain vigilant about COVID-19. Soon, households across the U.S. will once again be able to order free COVID-19 test kits through…

Allen County Farm Bureau hosted a pork chop supper for their members on Aug. 10 at the John Silas Bass Community Building in Iola. Approximately 50 members were in attendance, along with a few special…

Sharon Rae (Steeves) Walsh, age 79, a former Iola resident, died Sept. 2, 2024, in Lynden, Wash. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m., Saturday, in Burnaby, British Columbia. The service will be livestreamed…

Peggy L. Heslop Strockis was born July 4, 1927, in Neosho Falls, Kansas. Peggy died Sept. 17, 2024, in Gold River, California. She is preceded in death by her husband, Tony Strockis; and her siblings…

Arletta Marie (Marquardt) Lott, age 82, passed away in Chanute, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Arletta was born July 4, 1942, to Adolph and Josephine Marquardt in Prairie City, Missouri. Arletta was preceded in death…

PITTSBURGH — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris returned to Pittsburgh Wednesday to outline an economic program she said would boost the middle class and with it America’s prosperity. “We have an extraordinary opportunity to make…

Hard to believe, but Donald Trump is giving U.S. companies a reason to think Kamala Harris might be better for their business. On Monday he gave her an assist by threatening tariffs on Deere &…

Since the Republican convention and most recently in his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to promote trade tariffs, which are taxes on imported goods, as his economic cure-all for…