Month: November 2016
The challenges of being a student were a focus of USD 257 board members Monday night.School administrators and staff told how they are addressing these challenges, including how to help students who are falling behind…
The Iola High School and Middle School cross country teams had their championship seasons honored on Sunday afternoon at a potluck banquet put on by cross country coaches Marv Smith and Dana Daugharthy and the…
COFFEYVILLE — The Red Devil men’s and women’s basketball teams opened the conference season at Coffeyville Community College on Saturday.The women lost in the opener to the Red Ravens, 69-44, after a 22-2 run to…
EL DORADO — The Allen Community College cross county team completed a historic season on Saturday when they competed at the NJCAA National Championships in El Dorado.Both the Red Devil men and women finished with…
Alice Louise Grisier, 88, of Yates Center, passed away Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola.She was born Nov. 10, 1928, at Newton, to Harry Samuel Umholtz and Louise Angeline (Deschner) Umholtz. She…
Virgil Lee Gray, 98, Yates Center, passed away Thursday evening, Nov. 10, 2016, at his home.He was born Aug. 11, 1918, in Iola, the son of Albert and Anna (Weide) Gray.As a child the family…
Cleo Smith, 92, of Iola, passed away Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at Greystone Residential Care Community.Cleo married Clarence H. Smith April 11, 1942, in Fort Scott. He preceded her in death on Aug. 1, 1999.She…
On Friday, fourth-graders welcomed former service members — dads and uncles, mothers and aunts, grandparents and family friends of the students — to a Veterans Day celebration at Lincoln Elementary. The vets told of their…
Cooper T. Caudell, son of Dereck and Lindsay Caudell, Colony, was born Oct. 8, 2016, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Cooper weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 18½ inches long. He…
