Addie Haar was going to be the hero of the night. In her first game back from an extended injury layoff, the Iola sophomore maneuvered her way past a Central Heights defender and softly banked…

With the severe weather season closing in the Allen County Emergency Management is all about educating community members on being safe. Storm Fury on the Plains is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Bowlus Fine…

Iolan shows pedigree dog in state AKC competitions For Janice Buckjune, showing dogs puts her “in a different world.”The world she is referring to is one of high prestige, care and commitment. When she adopted…

To the editor,I read Ona Chapman’s letter to the editor on public education and I said, “Hurray!” Somebody finally said what I had been wanting to say about public education in our country and especially…

While rummaging through the mail atop my dad’s desk earlier this week I found confirmation of a poetry class on Emily Dickinson in which he had enrolled at the University of Kansas through its continuing…

Audra Madalyn Clary, 92, Louisburg, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at the Louisburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.Madalyn was born July 24, 1920, in Bronson. She was the only child of Ray M. and Jewell Grace…

Beverly Ann Arbuckle, 56, Humansville, passed away Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at her home. Beverly was born Oct. 15, 1956, in Iola, the daughter of Joe and Shirley Martin Hicks.She grew up on a farm…

James K. Kelley, 79, LaHarpe, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.Jim was born Jan. 2, 1934, in Marshall, Ark., the son of Coy Duncan and Okla Hester (Jackson)…

Born April 10, 1913, Helen Mae Monfort passed away in her sleep Jan. 16, 2013, after two years of decline, three months short of her 100th birthday. She was one of nine children born to…

Joseph and Shanda Parker Hurla, Eudora, are the proud parents of a new baby boy, Langston Joseph Hurla.He was born Nov. 27, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. He weighed 6 pounds, 13…