Virginia Lee “Nanny” Sandlin, 68, Gas, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013 at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita.Virginia was born April 13, 1944, at Ft. Myers, Fla., the daughter of Wilbur Vernon and Fleta Mae…

Richard “Dick” Coykendall, 86, Humboldt, passed away Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Midland Care Hospice House in Topeka.Dick was born Aug. 26, 1926, on the family farm south of LaHarpe, the son of John O.…

WELLSVILLE — Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade boys went 2-0 Saturday to win the Wellsville Invitational Tournament.The Pony eighth-graders, meanwhile, went 1-1 to capture third place in their division.The seventh-graders raced to a  23-5 lead over…

Empty possessions down the stretch proved costly for Allen Community College’s men Saturday.Meanwhile, visiting Highland Community College’s Martell Collins drained a tie-breaking three-pointer with 1:25 left in regulation to give the Scotties a 61-58 lead…

Mark James noted Allen Community College’s women didn’t have to play a perfect game to upend undefeated and fourth-ranked Highland Community College Saturday.“But we needed to play better than we did,” James said.The Red Devils…

BURLINGTON — Iola High senior Chase Roettgen parlayed a day full of close calls to a second-place finish Saturday at the Burlington Wrestling Invitational.The 195-pound Roettgen narrowly missed winning his weight division outright, falling only…

Wade Bowie, Allen County attorney, will handle cases in Municipal Court until a new city prosecutor is hired — which may be him.City Administrator Carl Slaugh said Bowie agreed this week to interim duty in…

“I always tried to do my best,” said Ralph Johnson Jr., who has  spent the last 50 years repairing dented and damaged cars in Iola.Twin Motors is closing its body shop, “just as soon as…

License tags on Kansas vehicles contain more information to determine the owner than just the numbers.Don Goff, Savonburg, found that out after he received a request from an Iowa police department for payment of a…

Donna Houser told Iola Rotarians Thursday that the goal of Iola’s Community Involvement Task Force “is to make Iola more beautiful,” more prosperous and an all-round better place to live. Houser, who is president of…