Former Crest High School football standout Kyle Hammond will make Joplin, Mo., his new home after signing to play with the Missouri Southern State University Lions. The 2013 graduate played the past two seasons at…

A rural Iola man was declared dead after the minivan he was driving struck several items before crashing in a parking lot along North State Street Friday afternoon.Edward Bush, 66, was northbound on State Street…

HUMBOLDT — About three years ago the Humboldt Men’s Golf Association was on the verge of imploding. Membership had dwindled to half a dozen.Looking at a bleak future, younger men were encouraged to join and…

Frank R. Stahl, 95, Westphalia, who has relatives in the Iola area, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at Sunset Manor in Waverly.Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Teresa Church…

Malvin B. Steele, 83, Humboldt, died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.Malvin was born Feb. 25, 1931 in the Bird City, Neb., area. He served in the U.S. Navy. In 1972,…

Julianna Erbert Zahn, 62, passed away on Dec. 31, 2014, in Phoenix, Ariz., at the Hospice of the Valley at Mayo Clinic after a 5½-year battle with lymphoma.Julie was born on March 28, 1952, in…

Kansas is keeping its toehold as a middling state in regards to public health measures. It remains at 27th among the nation’s 50 states, the same as in 2013, but a significant comedown over the…

Jerry Hathaway, sworn in as Allen County attorney Wednesday afternoon, asked county commissioners to make his and the assistant attorney’s positions better paid.Hathaway, who served as attorney from 2002 to 2011, said at the time…

In 2008, as Thabo Mbeki was entering his final year as president of South Africa, the country was still feeling its way toward a racially integrated economy after decades of apartheid rule. Mining — gold,…

Ann Marie Partlow, 92, Colony, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 at Allen County Regional Hospital.Services are at 2 p.m. Sunday at Colony Community Church.Memorials may be left to The Ann Marie Partlow Memorial Fund at…