Month: July 2011
BALDWIN — Iola American Legion Post 15’s AA Indians sailed through their first three games of the 2011 Kansas Amateur Baseball Association (KABA) League Tournament. They run-ruled Chanute and Baldwin with 10-0 decisions on Thursday.The…
Overflowing crowds filled the Iola North Community Building in late May, as scores of blood donors turned out in response to a devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo. three days earlier.The response was overwhelmingly positive, officials…
YATES CENTER — Rickey A. Furst Jr., 36, former funeral director and manager of Campbell Funeral Home in Yates Center, has been arrested and charged with stealing more than $14,000.Yates Center Police Chief Lyle Kee…
ARKANSAS CITY — William “Billy” Carson, 61, has been charged in Cowley County District Court with intentional second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Terry Carson, 68, a former Iolan.Terry Carson died at the…
(Editor’s note: This is another in an occasional series about churches in Iola.) When it comes to celebrating God’s gift of salvation, members of Harvest Baptist Church aren’t adverse to having a â¨good time.They’re…
Jean Fees Park, 90, of Ottawa died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at Richmond Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond.Jean was born Sept. 6, 192,0 in Fredonia, the second child and only daughter of Helen…
Homer and Marilyn Payne, Iola, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 1.Homer Payne and Marilyn Marple were married July 1, 1961, in Garnett. They have made their home in Iola and have two children,…
Lil’ Toledo Lodge in Chanute was the 6 p.m. June 11 setting for the wedding of Angela Whitaker and Travis Wall. The Rev. Rusty Newman, Humboldt, performed the ceremony.Parents of the bride are Curt and…
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is fast approaching. This event provides us with the funding needed to do cutting-edge research; educate students, health care professionals and the public on the prevention and early…
