Month: July 2014

Sporting a glove and bat, Chelle Stewart is ready to play softball. Already on three teams, one women’s rec league team and two tournament teams, Stewart also fills in when team rosters are short. Stewart…

Kansas voters deserve the truth. But they may have to wait until the Nov. 4 general election is over to get it.According to Gov. Sam Brownback, Kansas is witnessing a surge in new jobs. “We’re…

A barbecue cook-off and car show will provide a tasty windfall to Iola Ministerial Association’s Community Pantry Saturday to kick off the Allen County Fair.Iola Rotary Club will bring back the Allen County Fair’s barbecue…

While her garden is far from being the largest in Iola, Patty Harris may have the most efficient.In about 20 containers squeezed in behind her Cedarbrook apartment in north Iola, Harris has planted a wide…

Sarah Gonzalez does not remember the seizure. She has no memory of the moment when she almost died.“I wasn’t conscious, I wasn’t breathing,” Gonzalez said.Gonzalez had two very fortunate things on her side that day:…

CHANUTE — Time has smoothed out dissent to the Vietnam War. Close to 1,000 people flooded Santa Fe Park here Saturday morning to recognize Vietnam veterans.About 150 were honored with Kansas Vietnam War medals and…

HUMBOLDT — The need for speed runs deep in Dylan Allen’s family. At Humboldt Speedway his grandfather, Wendell, and his father, John, already are legends and household names to most fans. Dylan joined his ancestors…

There is more than one way to exercise in the water than just to swim. The isometric water exercise class wrapped up its first week at the municipal pool. Starting today, it will run from…

Deane and Patty Jo Ramsey will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on July 26. They will be honored with a family gathering on the exact day and place that they were married 50 years…

The children of Edward and Eleanor Riebel request a card shower for their parents’ 65th wedding anniversary. Edward and Eleanor were married July 25, 1949, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Humboldt. Cards may be…