LAHARPE — Marilyn Boyd has lived all her life in Kansas and had never seen a tornado.Until Friday.The former LaHarpe mayor and city councilwoman was returning from a trip to a doctor in Nebraska to…

Film enthusiasts around the globe can’t keep silent about their love for Buster Keaton. The 22nd annual Buster Keaton Celebration will begin Friday morning and run until Saturday evening at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.This…

PARSONS — The eighth-grade volleyball squad for Iola Middle School hit the road to face Parsons on Monday night.The Ponies played both their A and B teams against the Vikings.Iola’s A team won the first…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt High JV volleyball team hosted Marmaton Valley and Crest on Monday night.The Cubs fell to the Wildcats in three sets to begin the night (25-15, 16-25, 15-13).Magie Stevenson and Patricia Outlan…

ana Daugharthy draws up schemes for his defense, the Mustangs JV football coach doesn’t expect to see a reincarnation of the ’85 Bears.He’s a realist.Daugharthy only has about 30 minutes to work on plays with…

Charles R. Kesinger, 71, Garnett, passed away on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, at North Point Skilled Nursing, Paola.The family will greet friends at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett for visitation from 12:30…

Bertha Marie Jefferis, 93, Iola, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at Windsor Place, Iola.She was born April 19, 1922, the daughter of Everett and Cora (Schurer) Fults.Bertha married Leonard Earl Jefferis on April…

Mark Alan Hirschberg, 50, Iola, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. Visitation and graveside services were this morning at the Bronson Cemetery. Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola,…

Georgia Ann (George) Guatney, 80, Grove, Okla., passed away on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo. Georgia Ann was born in the small town of Neosho Falls, on Jan. 26, 1935. She attended…

Nancy Lee “Tex” Saving, 68, Chanute, passed away Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at the University of Kansas Medical Center.Nancy was born June 4, 1947, in Salina, the daughter of Richard Lee “Dick” and Charlene Loree…