Ryker James Roach was born on Dec. 4, 2014, in Chanute to parents Cara and Chad Roach.Ryker is the grandson of Dale Boman, Iola and Carla Boman, Chanute, Linda Womelsdorf, Iola, and Larry and Dori…

Deanna Marie Jones and Matthew Aaron Riebel were married at 2 p.m., Nov. 15, 2014, at St. Francis of Assisi, Wichita.The wedding was officiated by Father Ben Green of St. Francis of Assisi.Deanna is the…

“I could taste the tear gas from my house,” said Kenya Vaughn, an editor with the St. Louis American, an alternative newspaper.News of the Ferguson, Mo., riots after the shooting of Michael Brown on Aug.…

HUMBOLDT — While lacking the flash they’d shown in earlier victories, Humboldt High’s boys continued on the winning path Friday.The Cubs overcame a cold start to dispatch Erie, 46-28, in the final round of the…

GARNETT — Iola High’s Fillies were able to hold onto the lead the entire game to beat Burlington 51-49 Friday night for fifth place in the Bulldog-Wildcat Classic.“We did everything but make our free throws…

GARNETT — A quick lead held up and the Iola High Mustangs got their first win of the season Friday, 61-54.The win, over Anderson County, came in the fifth-place contest of the Bulldog-Wildcat Classic.After jumping…

Ruth Elaine Casner, 62, Iola, died at her home Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 2014. She was born Aug. 31, 1952, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Marion R. and Edith Florence (Enos) Lybarger. She married…

Local athletes earned All-State status for high school football by multiple organizations this past week.Humboldt’s Jacob Carpenter highlights the list of local talent as a Kansas Football Coaches Association 3A All-State Team selection for linebacker.…

Long before Iolan Paul Sinclair owned his plumbing business, Paul Sinclair Plumbing & Heating, he rode horses. Not the way cowboys do, but as a jockey.Sinclair, 68, began riding for a profession almost by accident.He…

We knew the hurt would be bad. That everyone would feel the pinch. But perhaps not to the extent that some programs — including the state’s pension fund — are put in peril.Such will be…