Month: May 2011

Former Bronson resident Glenn Dennis Woodward, 67, of Topeka, died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at Countryside Health Care Center in Topeka. He was born Feb. 14, 1944, in Newton, to Benjamin Franklin and Susie Koehn…

Beverly Jean Ewing, 68, of Iola died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.She was born Aug. 12, 1942, in Neosho, Mo., to Ernest David and Faye Vivian (Michael) Malloy. The family…

Bennett E. Morgan, 2 1/2, would like to announce the arrival of his baby brother, Coleman Henry, born on April 20. He weighed 11 pounds and was 21 inches long.He is the son of Aleaka…

Brett and Debbie Marti announce the birth of a daughter, Makenzie Reed, who was born May 1, 2011, at Cox Health Center in Springfield, Mo. She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21 inches…

Looking back over the 1950s, an American today might be surprised at the number of strikes that disrupted the nation’s economy and changed the American economic, political and social scene. Headline after headline announced that…

Curtiss Bunch and Riley Price made a difference in their two years on Allen County Community College’s baseball team. Their efforts for the Red Devils paid off recently for both.Bunch and Price signed letters of…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcat baseball and softball teams wrapped up an eight-game homestand with doubleheader sweeps Monday.The Wildcat boys blasted Altoona-Midway High’s Jets 20-0 and 25-4. Both games went just three innings because…

HUMBOLDT —  Humboldt Speedway hosted a combined meeting of two late model stock car racing series in Friday’s program. The NCRA and the MARS late model series brought out 35 drivers.There were five heat races…

CHETOPA — Uniontown High’s softball team lost two close games Monday. The doubleheader finished out Three Rivers League play and the regular season for the Eagles.Uniontown tied the first game up when Tayler Shook hit…

FORT SCOTT — Iola High’s Fillies committed 15 errors in 10 innings of play Monday. They had just eight hits in the same span of play.The Fillies lost 11-0 in six innings and 17-2 in…