First Christian Church in Chanute was the 4 p.m. March 13 setting for the wedding of Lindzey Diane Roseberry, Chanute, and Brandon Joseph Thomas, Burlington. The Rev. Luke Bycroft performed the ceremony.Parents of the couple…

“Kansas Politics and Government” traces the evolution of our state’s government and its be-ginnings as an anti-slavery state. Anti-slavery sentiments led naturally to the domination of Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy and his Republican Party. The book…

When they hit the ball, they won. When they didn’t, they lost.Iola High’s junior varsity softball team had a feast at the plate in the first of two games here Thursday at Riverside Park. The…

Iola High’s junior varsity baseball team saw a 4-1 lead vanish in the top of the fifth inning Thursday. Independence High’s Bulldogs came up with a three-run double to tie the game.The Mustangs were not…

PITTSBURG — Iola High’s Mustangs did not lose a match in singles’ competition Thursday at Pittsburg High’s five-team invitational tennis tournament.Seniors Kent Toland and Michael Middleton captured first-place medals in the No. 1 and No.…

EUREKA — Humboldt High’s Raquel Hill posted a first-place time of 6 minutes, 29 seconds in the 1600-meter run Thursday at the Eureka High Invitational track meet.Humboldt and Yates Center athletes competed in the meet.…

FRONTENAC — Marmaton Valley High’s boys tied for third place with Galena in Thursday’s Frontenac High Invitational track meet. There were 12 teams competing.Uniontown High’s Abbie Smith set two new meet records. She won the…

A prelude to the annual Iola Middle School Invitational has been a small four- or five-school track meet the week before.So Iola Middle School’s track athletes combined with Marmaton Valley, Humboldt, Uniontown and Pleasanton Thursday…

Picture downtown Iola’s spacious sidewalks dotted with benches, trees and containers full of colorful flowers.Iola citizens could see it Thursday night as part of the Vision Iola process. Four trees per block along the outer…

The state’s uncertain budget has put Allen County Community College’s plans for offering contracts to faculty for 2010-11 on hold. Trustees were told Thursday that since legislators have yet to come up with a budget,…