GARNETT — Not going down without a fight were Iola High’s Fillies Saturday at the Kansas Class 4A Substate Volleyball Tournament at Anderson County High School.Top-seeded Chanute High’s Blue Comets had blasted the Fillies in…

Four consecutive years Iola High’s Roman Yocham and Marmaton Valley High’s Zach Louk have qualified for their respective classification’s state cross country meet.Yocham finished seventh in the Kansas Class 4A Regional meet on a tough…

Former Iola residents Jerry and Leona Cole, Edmond, Okla., will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a celebration today in the New Community Building in Riverside Park.Jerry Cole and Leona Whitford were married Sept. 19,…

Daniel and Lindsy Hurt, Humboldt, announce the birth of a son, Eliot James, born Aug. 28, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. He weighed 9 pounds 3 ounces and was 20 1/2…

When the zany day wound up in Zanesville, Ohio, Tuesday night, all but one of Terry Thompson’s exotic animals was dead or back in captivity. Mr. Thompson was dead, too.The 62-year-old ex-con killed himself after…

Moammar Gadhafi’s death on Thursday cheats those who wanted first to try him, then execute him publicly, of a prolonged revenge. That’s surely for the best. The time and energy are much better spent on…

CANEY – Humboldt Middle School’s football team concluded the 2011 season a week ago Thursday. The Cubs did so in historic fashion.“The Cubs have never beaten the Bullpups since the start of middle school football…

Iola Soccer Club’s A and B teams dominated play on their home field last Sunday.The A-team had 44 shots on goal while Columbus got three. Iola won the contest 11-0.Ethan Tavarez and Tyler Holloway each…

Soccer season came to a close for Allen County Community College Thursday. The Red Devil women won 2-0 over host Northeastern Oklahoma in Miami, Okla. Allen County’s men lost 4-2.Kayla Besmer scored a goal and…

Making a run for top team and individual spots in Region VI and Jayhawk Conference cross country, Allen County Community College’s runners finished up their regular season last weekend at the McPherson College Invitational.The Red…