Note: Mitch Garner is Public Works director for Allen County. Donita Garner is the Child Advocacy Center coordinator at Hope Unlimited. When you ask someone what brings on those feelings of the “magic of Christmas”…

Favorite Christmas memories change over time, according to LaHarpe business owner Danny Ware. “When you’re a kid, it’s homemade peanut clusters and fudge. “When you’re a dad, it’s spending Christmas with your kids. “When you…

For as long as any of the local Kiwanis members have been a part of the club, they’ve helped coordinate the annual bell ringers for the Salvation Army. It’s been a successful venture, too, with…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I’ve been with my girlfriend a little over a year. Like last year, I plan to spend both Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family, who live about 90…

Iola schools will bring the sounds of the season over the next couple of weeks. Tonight at 7, kindergarten and first grade students at Iola Elementary School will perform a concert at the Bowlus Fine…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The latest COVID-19 variant is upending holiday plans for tens of thousands of travelers — but it didn’t do much damage to holiday shopping. Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Sunday, citing…

Christmas memories come in all shapes and sizes. One often never realizes, until afterward, how special those moments were, regardless if they were shaped from a family tradition, or even better, an unplanned surprise that…

Santa’s House opens for the season next Saturday, Dec. 4, on the downtown square. Despite a continued time of uncertainty due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Santa will be here to greet children either in…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden wants to save Christmas — but he may not be able to. He announced Wednesday that the Port of Los Angeles would operate around the clock to alleviate a logistical…

There has been a lot of buzz about Zoom meetings. In many households, it has become an everyday term in describing how someone was going to go about their work or school day, or meet…