A somber ceremony Saturday morning on the Iola square marked Veterans Day.  “Military service is not for the faint of heart,” Staff Sgt. Rene Castilleja reminded the audience gathered at the Veterans Wall. “Most civilian…

As a child, Chad Hines first thought of Memorial Day as a time where he and his family would go to the lake, usually get rained on, and come home exhilarated, but muddy. That perspective…

Jerry Dodson, who grew up in Elsmore, was selected to participate in a wreath laying ceremony earlier this month at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Dodson, a command sergeant major in the U.S. Army…

LAHARPE — Vietnam veterans will be honored with a celebration at 6 p.m. March 27 at the Willis J. Ross Veterans of Foreign Wars post in LaHarpe. Dinner will be served and a pinning ceremony…

Thrive Allen County has scrapped plans for an in-person gathering for its annual Awards of Excellence tonight. Initially, Thrive planned on hosting a scaled-down version of the event at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center in…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — On the night Patrick Mahomes received his Super Bowl ring, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback gave a ring away. Mahomes and his longtime girlfriend, Brittany Matthews, became engaged Tuesday night.…

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing gathered in diminished numbers near an iconic, blasted dome Thursday to mark the attack’s 75th anniversary, many of them urging the world, and their…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen opened fire Friday at a ceremony in Afghanistan’s capital attended by prominent political leaders, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens more before the two attackers were slain by…

Don Bain’s DNA is embedded in Iola High School. He taught science there for six years, the last two as assistant principal. He then served a dozen more as principal, then 14 as superintendent of…

Jordan Lee Pener and Richard Joseph Carroll were married at half past four in the afternoon on Nov. 8, 2019, at Eighteen Ninety Wedding Venue in Platte City, Missouri. Parents of the bride are Gary…