Lyle Scott Doolittle, 54, Neosho Falls, died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Neosho Falls. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Neosho Falls Cemetery.   Memorials are suggested to the Friends For…

Just in time for spring cleaning, Ray Maloney of Ray’s Metal Depot, LaHarpe, will explain the highs and lows of salvaging, in “Junk,” an Iola Public Library program starting at 7 o’clock tonight.   Gus…

A 16-day search ended Sunday when investigators found the body of Iolan Shawn Cook after he had been reported missing by relatives in mid-March. Allen County Attorney Jerry Hathaway said a medical examiner confirmed Monday…

HUMBOLDT — Formed in 1971, the Humboldt-based ANW Cooperative was designed with the goal of providing a full range of services to students with special education needs across southeast Kansas. The timing was propitious. The…

Mustang coach Dana Daugharthy was able to take several highlights away from Friday’s track meet at Labette County High School. Chief among those positives was the performance of Tayton Driskel. The freshman competed in the…

John A. Walker, 77, Savonburg, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. He was born Oct. 29, 1938, in Bentonville, Ark., the son of Clyde Anderson Walker and Alma…

Crest star Hunter Frazell led a handful of area basketball players who were honored as all-state selections by the Topeka Capital-Journal and the Wichita Eagle. Frazell was the only area athlete to earn a first-team…

HUMBOLDT — Zack Vanderbeek had competed in 36 feature races in his career at Humboldt Speedway, but had never known the feeling of taking first in any of those previous events. That changed on Saturday…

On Friday, Scott Riebel read to his fourth-grade class the final pages of “Mick Harte was Here,” a novel about a 12-year-old boy who dies of a head injury, the result of a bicycle accident.…

Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,” says the Lord. — Haggai 1:8.   Sunday morning chairs were…