Earth Hour is a worldwide event where for one hour, on one day, one time a year, cities, businesses and individuals are asked to turn off their lights in an effort to promote awareness of…

Iola’s new eight-member city council, which will be chosen in the April 5 city elections, will feature two representatives from each of the city’s four voting wards.Today’s article focuses on Ward 1, representing the northwest…

Callahan: Check spendingKendall Callahan owns a grocery store in Coffeyville that he manages from an office in Iola. In addition he owns and manages various commercial properties.“There are things we do very well, and there…

Karen Kay Johnson, 64, of rural Fort Scott died Sunday, March 20, 2011, at her home following a cancer illness.  She was born March 23, 1946, in Moran, to Clarence Earl and Daisy Bonita Wilson…

Tammy Sue Hughes, 45, of Elsmore died Thursday, March 17, 2011, from injuries in a car accident near Humboldt.She was born Jan. 2, 1966, in Bremen, Ind., to Charles and Sharon (Denslow) Leckrone. She spent…

Using emergency procedures, House Republicans voted last week to eliminate the $5 million appropriation for public radio. That amounts to one ten-thousandth of 1 percent of the federal budget. The effect on federal spending, the…

Becky Stanley, 48, of Iola died Friday, March 11, 2011, at her home.She was born Nov. 9, 1962, in Kansas City, Mo., to Robert and Vesta (Hoseney) Stanley. She grew up in Coffeyville and Chanute.…

Larry A. Calahan, 63, of Iola died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at his home.He was born March 9, 1948, on a farm near Colony, to Rex and Tena (Runnells) Calahan. He graduated from Kincaid High…

Troy Allen Rogers, 41, of Burlington died Sunday morning, March 20, 2011, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington.He was born May 27, 1969, in Iola, to Danny Leon and Karen Sue (Wynn) Rogers. He spent…

A plan to lure out-of-staters into 50 Kansas counties with an income tax break was on the way to Gov. Sam Brownback’s desk Friday. The 50 counties all lost 10 percent or more of their…