Monty Rogers doesn’t come across as the dreamy sort. As a pharmacist, he deals in medicinal formulas and measurements. As a businessman, his eye stays focused on the bottom line.But as an entrepreneur, Rogers lets…

T.J. Taurus got it.The 6-year-old, brought to Saturday’s Veterans Day commemoration on the Iola square by his great-grandfather Armand Pulley, a Vietnam veteran, was playing with his action figures while listening to speaker Col. Clifford…

Johnny Ray “John” Jones, 47, of Uniontown died Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo.. He was born Oct. 22, 1963, in Fort Scott, to Lee Charles and Opal…

Iola High will move from the Southeast Kansas League to the Pioneer League in 2012-2013. The sports editor had the wrong year in her column — The Pressbox — on Friday. It was corrected before…

Parents of all Iola High School girls going out for basketball this season are encouraged to attend a 6:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday.Fillies’ head coach Becky Carlson will meet with parents. The meeting is at the…

Iola High’s only Southeast Kansas League champion in fall sports was a repeat title holder. Junior Roman Yocham claimed All-SEK honors by winning the 2010 SEK cross country boys’ 5K race in October.The IHS cross…

HUMBOLDT — If recipes aren’t quick and easy, Susan Owens said they won’t be found in her recipe files.Owens, a 23-year employee of USD 257, has spent the majority of her life wandering through the…

Lisa Riebel and Bob Francis, Iola, are planning a Nov. 20 wedding in a private ceremony in LaHarpe.The bride-elect is the daughter of George L. Riebel, Iola. She is a graduate of Iola High School…

Marvin and Judy Peery, Kincaid, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 20  at Lone Elm Community Building.Marvin Peery and Judy Blagg were married Nov. 20, 1960,…

Beulah Jean Jesseph Purcell, 97, of Yates Center died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, in Burlington.Services were this mornng at Yates Center Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Don Tapp will officiate. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery…