A modern, comprehensive hospital is a primary component of a progressive community.A local medical center provides up to date health care, from emergency attention for spontaneous health concerns to diagnostic tools that quickly pinpoint health…

Register/Jocelyn Sheets There were some pads popping Saturday morning as Iola High’s Mustangs finished three days of full contact drills with a live scrimmage. Coaches were able to evaluate both offense and defense as the…

Sean M. Baker, 26, Iola, will begin a 13-month prison sentence this month for his role in shooting a gun at a house last October.Baker entered a plea agreement in May for one count of…

Harold Ray Kelley Jr., 77, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at Promise Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson.  He was born Oct. 30, 1932, in Iola to Harold Ray and Mary Ellen Burns Kelley Sr. He…

On Thursday evening, customers and vendors brought tomatoes of all shapes and sizes to compete in the Allen County Farmers Market’s first tomato contest on the southwest corner of the Iola square.Judges were Gary Kilgore,…

Photographer Mark Dunlap may make several trips and take hundreds of digital photographs of his subject before he’s satisfied.“I took at least 100 shots of a hummingbird before I got the image I wanted,” he…

Kevin LaCrone and Jessica Chapman, Neosho Falls, announce the birth of a daughter, Willow Justice, born Aug. 17, 2010, at Allen County Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces and was 17 3/4 inches long.…

Don and Carol Cress, Humboldt, and Glen and Betty Cunningham, Iola, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Mary Ann Cress and Joseph “Joe” Glen Cunningham, Humboldt.The bride-elect received a registered nurse’s degree…

Greg and Sally Gulick, Moran, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 28 at Moran Senior/Community Center.Greg Gulick and Sally Stever were married Aug. 27, 1960. The…

Hope E. Burtch and A. Colwell Holeman, Bronson, were married Aug. 23, 1950, in Bronson United Methodist Church. On Sunday, the couple will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at home with their family. The Holemans…