Jerry Allen Richards, 59, of Iola died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.He was born Sept. 10, 1951, in Iola, to Kenneth L. and Evelyn L. (Ludlum) Richards. He…

Joe and Amanda Hawley, Mount Pleasant, Texas, announce the birth of a daughter, Piper Jade, born Jan. 5, 2011, at Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant. She weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and was…

Michelle Sollars announces the birth of a daughter, Breah Marie Jones, born Feb. 4, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Breah is also the daughter of the late Ricky Jones of Iola.…

Liam Kenneth Miller, son of Kenny and Jennifer (Troxel) Miller, Kansas City, Mo., was born Jan. 18, 2011, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. He weighed 8 pounds and was 20 inches long.Liam joins…

Wow! Newt Gingrich and Bill Bradley will be the speakers Friday night at Salina’s Chamber of Commerce banquet. What a political feast that will be!Both men will speak and then invite questions. Pity the master…

Kansas Speaker Mike O’Neal wants a lot more power over budget bills. And if he can manage it, he’d like to exercise it in secret.O’Neal and his conservative cohorts are moving to adopt a rule…

SILVER LAKE — Chase Roettgen and Zack Vaughn of Iola High placed in the 171-pound weight class of the Silver Lake High JV Invitational Saturday.Roettgen placed second, losing by a pin to Watson of Seaman…

HIGHLAND — Scoreless spans to open each half of Monday’s Jayhawk Eastern Division game put Allen County Community College’s Red Devils in catch-up mode.They never caught up and lost 64-56 to host Highland Community College’s…

Three for three. Not bad for an afternoon’s work.Iola Middle School’s Pony boys swept the visiting Parsons Middle School Vikings in three basketball games Monday.In a combined B-team contest with both seventh- and eighth-grade players,…

While most high school seniors have already begun the process to decide which college they will attend, a Sunday event at Allen County Community College will go a long way to help many determine how…