Iola High School prom-goers didn’t let a few showers rain on anybody’s parade Saturday, as organizers moved the Grand March indoors.  View the full gallery and purchase photos on SmugMug.com

It’s a conversation Tom Strickler will always remember. “I was at the fair when Bill Mentzer came up and asked me, ‘Well, what are you going to do when you graduate?’” Strickler was a senior…

For 19-year-old Ja’Mya Garland, selecting Allen Community College was a natural choice. “It reminded me of home,” she said. Garland, a freshman majoring in pre-veterinary medicine, grew up in the small southern Arkansas town of…

“Rural School Life,” is the topic of Saturday’s spring meeting of the Allen County Historical Society. The program includes six panel members who will discuss their unique experiences of attending the county’s one-room school houses…

LAHARPE — Water service was disrupted city-wide Monday after a main break was reported in town. Crews worked into the afternoon Monday after the break was reported at the intersection of Jefferson and 11th streets…

Pierre Lisk’s stay in Iola was almost over before it started. A mechanical engineer by trade, Lisk through the years had  begun looking at real estate investments — apartment complexes, in particular. With nothing readily…

HUMBOLDT — Students at Humboldt High School are making history as 10 members of the school’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) chapter have qualified for the national competition this summer. The group…

May the Bard be with you. Allen Community College’s fearsome foursome of Evan Dye, Brigham Folk, Ainsley Weiss and Gabe Wight will bring audiences a full dose of William Shakespeare this weekend. No, not a…

LE ROY — Ground was broken Monday to accommodate construction of a new career technology education (CTE) and science building for Southern Coffey County USD 245. Throngs of students, school board members and others in…

TOPEKA — Governor Laura Kelly announced Thursday $14.5 million for 47 aviation projects across the state through the Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP), which provides funding for planning, construction, and rehabilitation of public-use general aviation…