Early black players paid little, but played much Phil Dixon outlined what it was like to be black and a professional baseball player before the major leagues were integrated at the start of the 1947 season.…

  Learning to serve is what Jasmine Bannister and Autumn Snesrud plan to do this summer. The two Kansas State University juniors are Iola natives and will be working across the world to help others.…

Humboldt High School students volunteered to clean up and garden around Humboldt Tuesday morning in honor of Earth Day, an annual event celebrated globally to support the environment. Students picked up trash, raked leaves, collected…

April 21 5 years-Kindergarten Johnson Law Office 4, Sigg Motors 0 Noah Schowengerdt led the way for Johnson Law Office with three goals while teammate James Hunt chipped in with the other. Keagle’s Sewing Shop…

WELLSVILLE — Iola High’s baseball program ran into a pair of left-handed pitching buzz saws Tuesday.Host Wellsville’s Shamus Kearney and Luke Meyer kept the Mustangs at bay for both games of their doubleheader.Meyer was particularly…

Errors played a key factor in Allen Community College’s 20-9 loss to Hutchinson Tuesday.  The Blue Dragons took advantage of the eight ACC errors. “On the positive note we scored a lot of runs,” coach…

Roberta ‘Bodie’ McKinzie, 59, Independence, Mo., and formerly of Iola, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2014 at her home surrounded by family.   Visitation is from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Heartland, 6113 Blue Ridge…

William E. “Bill” Folkner, rural LaHarpe, passed away Friday, April 18, 2014, at his home.  He was 91 years old.  Bill was born July 4, 1922, outside of Chattanooga, Tenn., to John and Cleo (Abel)…

Harold E. Umholtz, 89, Moran, died Monday, April 21, 2014, at the Moran Manor. Harold was born March 16, 1925, in Newton, the son of Harry and Louise (Deschner) Umholtz. He grew up in the…

Wray L. Skinner, 91, retired Cessna Aircraft and Army veteran, passed away Easter Sunday, April 20, 2014.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Mattie Skinner; brother, Ralph, Jr.; sisters, Mary Smith…