Lake Garnett Sporting Club will host a Women on Target shooting clinic for women. The NRA- sanctioned event is 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 6. Shooters of all skill levels are welcome. Staff will…

Robert “Bob” Dean Nickelson, 85, Garnett, passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care in Garnett.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel…

A gleaming combination of chrome, horsepower, music and marksmanship will fill the Iola area Aug. 16 with the Haunt For Hirschsprung’s Hot Rod Run.The event kicks off at 11 a.m. at the Masonic Lodge parking…

First Baptist Church, Iola, is celebrating a milestone birthday. In honor of the church’s 155 year birthday the church is giving back to the community.There will be a free car wash at the church from…

Summer is winding down as students prepare for the upcoming 2014-15 academic school year.Enrollment for all Iola USD 257 students runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.…

WICHITA — Levi Ashmore’s first ever National Baseball Congress World Series already has been a memorable one.The former Iola High standout delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning to lead the…

Allen County Community College’s new baseball coach Clint Stoy has been here for a month and has already gotten to work.“I’ve just been trying to put together a roster, contacting teams on the fall and…

With the recession a factor, Social Security ran a deficit in 2010, spending $49 billion more in benefits than it received in revenues. Funds were drawn from its trust fund to cover the deficit. The…

Dear editor:Why do we vote for politicians and policies who are clearly anti-woman? It makes no logical sense. I am tired and irritated of anti-choice policies that make it harder for women to get safe…

Robert Allen Jackson was tragically taken from this Earth on July 28, 2014, in an automobile accident in Amarillo, Texas. He was 75 years old.Robert was born Sept. 28, 1938, in Great Bend, the son…