Kristen Dreher lost a friend to domestic violence earlier this year. They had grown up together, went to school functions and shared secrets. That is, all but one secret. Her friend Laura Coltrane was a…

LAHARPE—When she heard the news that Bonnie’s Cafe in Gas was closing, Norma Jean Van Dam of LaHarpe got nervous. Within the cafe’s doors were two pictures crafted by her mother, the late Opal Lovanna…

Energy conservation has become a headache for the Iola School district. USD 257 school board members authorized the district’s attorney Bob Johnson to review its energy conservation lease agreement with Schneider Electric Company, after director…

HUMBOLDT — The 40th Farm-City Days celebration allows Paul Setter to reflect on the annual festival’s origins. He remains only too happy to help introduce townspeople to life on the farm, the backbone of the…

As the 40th annual Farm-City Days unfolds this week, much of the reason that it exists can be laid at Gary Parker’s doorstep south of LaHarpe. He and wife Janice will be honored as grand…

Iola educators hope to tap into $270,000 Walmart is prepared to give to local schools, nonprofits and philanthropic groups. Through the company’s Volunteerism Always Pays (VAP) initiative, for every 25 hours a Walmart employee spends…

Max Alan Nichols, 58, of Iola, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, in Bourbon County. Max was born Feb. 18, 1953, in North Platte, Neb., the son of Malcolm C. and Virginia Lee (Boeker) Nichols. He…

Kevin and Janel Stanfield, Chanute, announce the birth of a daughter, Quinnlan Rose, born Oct., 3, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. She weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 inches…

Here are three new names to learn: Tawakkol Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee. Ms. Karman, 32, is a leading member of Yemen’s Islamist party, Islah, the largest political party in the country. She…

One of the by-products of a 9.1 percent unemployment rate is an ample supply of young, well-educated, angry folks ready to join a protest movement such as the “99ers” who march and yell slogans under…