Kelly Preston Peery, 47, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe.He was born on June 30, 1962, in Iola, the son of Marvin and Judy (Blagg) Peery. He grew up in…

Billie Lee Lauber, 84, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010, in Topeka.He was born March 13, 1926, in Yates Center, the son of Oscar and Dessie (Gillespie) Lauber. He spent his entire life in Woodson County,…

Marcella Nell Wrampe, 90, of Yates Center died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Yates Center Nursing Home.She was born Nov. 30, 1919, near Rose, the daughter of Raymond S. and Susie E. (Darst) Orbin. She…

Why does the extension of the Prairie Spirit Trail make sense for Iola? Where it ends now is north Iola! Let’s make it more useful to all of Iola. Continuing the trail to Riverside Park…

I, as an Iolan, and as an engineer who lost his job a few months back due to the economic mess we are in, completely agree with Mr. Carl Lestinger and commend him for a…

I have been reading all of the articles and letters to the forum about extending the rail trail.  I would like to see the trail extended to Humboldt. With TV, computers and video games our…

An astounding proposal by the Kansas House Appropriations Committee would reverse the state’s school finance philosophy and go back to dependence on the local property tax.As USD 257 Superintendent of Schools Craig Neuenswander explained in…

Moran’s Hamm going to state TOPEKA — Allen County Kids Wrestling Club Mat Warriors Mike Armstrong and Stephen McDonald came up short of reaching the 2010 Kansas Kids Wrestling state tournament.The two Iola wrestlers competed…

PITTSBURG — Iola High’s Jazmyne Honeycutt and Seth Walden are among the 40 basketball players from Southeast Kansas named to play in Sunday’s fourth annual U.S. Army/Army Strong All-Star Game.Also on the rosters are fellow…

Register/Jocelyn SheetsAllen County Community College’s Kristiana Popejoy eyes a pitch that was called a ball during a recent home game. The Red Devil hitters are learning to be patient at the plate. They defeated Harper…