Month: March 2014

WAVERLY — Southern Coffey County High’s girls gave it a whirl, but could not keep up with powerful Marais des Cygnes Valley Saturday night. The Lady Titans dropped a 54-27 decision in the Class 1A-I…

CHETOPA — The final score was disappointing, but Crest High’s effort was not. Lancer head coach Travis Hermreck reflected on the season-ending 59-34 loss to Chetopa in Saturday’s Class 1A-II substate championship game. “We are…

ARKANSAS CITY — A tough weekend series culminated Sunday in a doubleheader sweep for Allen Community College’s baseball team at the hands of Cowley. The Red Devils, who lost a pair to Cowley on Thursday,…

  GARNETT — Burlington High’s Wildcats, one of the strongest girls basketball programs in the area, was on its heels. After the Wildcats rolled through the regular season with a 19-1 mark, then opened substate…

  GARNETT — It stands to reason that Iola High’s up-and -down season would boil down to an up-and-down substate championship game. That the Mustangs never blinked when their opponents from Anderson County opened the…

Bolling’s Meat Market and Deli, Iola, is the definition of a growing business. Since opening its Iola location in 2010, the business has expanded multiple times. The market’s desire to grow helped earn it a…

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of stories on USD 257 schools. The series takes an inside look into USD 257’s facilities and sheds light on the problems the district faces. Dim,…

Fred Boek, 67, Pittsburg, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at his home.Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. today at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service chapel, Garnett.

Dietra “DeDe” McDown was welcomed into the loving arms of Our Lord on March 5, 2014, at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita. Dietra was born Sept. 10, 1955, in Bresley Colo., to Ethel Hagan and…

Funeral services for Lillie Byars Hogue, 98, formerly of Moulton, Ala., and mother of Iolan Betty Miller, were Friday at First United Methodist Church, Moulton, with the Rev. Larry Wright officiating and Elliott Funeral Home…