PLEASANTON — Crest High found itself down early to Prairie View High’s Buffalos Tuesday. “I hate to say this, but we were overlooking Prairie View, and they came to play,” Lancer head coach Travis Hermreck…

PLEASANTON — Humboldt High boys’ head coach David Taylor was a bit concerned. The Cubs were about to take on a team in Northeast High that it had dispatched by 22 points earlier in the…

BURLINGTON — Iola High’s Fillies never went away. They made Labette County High’s Lady Grizzlies uneasy throughout the entire game. The Lady Grizzlies were probably happy to hear the final buzzer Tuesday afternoon at the…

BURLINGTON — Not in four previous Burlington High Invitationals had Iola High’s Mustangs posted a first-round victory. And Tuesday, the seventh-seeded Mustangs had to face the host team, Burlington High’s Wildcats, in the opening round.…

Tom Stephens, 71, of El Dorado, Ark., died Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, at his home. He was born Aug. 16, 1938, in Iola, to Ova M. and Irene (Dollie) Boughton Stephens of Neosho Falls. He…

Chad and Jana Grisier, Edwardsville, announce the birth of a son, Owen James, born Dec. 4, 2009, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20 inches long.…

Robert Perry Rhea, 95, of Yates Center died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2009, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. He was born Dec. 3, 1914, in Rural Woodson County, the son of Robert Walter and Ina…

Ernest G. “Bud” Mueller, 89, of Humboldt, died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. He was born Oct. 10, 1920, in Humboldt, the son of Gustav Adolf and Dorothea (Lassman) Mueller.…

Howard W. Baker, 88, of rural Moran died Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, at Moran Manor Nursing Center.He was born Sept. 9, 1921, in rural Moran, the son of Ernest and Bess (Hunting) Baker. He grew…

A proposed statewide smoking ban would ex-empt the gambling areas in the four casinos the state is building.Rep. Brenda Landwehr of Wichita, who strongly opposes the anti-smoking law, is equally peeved that the state would…