A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at the Mildred Methodist Church for Verl Annette Ross, whose death Jan. 22, 2018, was previously reported. Cremation has taken place. Inurnment will be at…

Former Iolan Charles O. Barnett (1921-2018), Dallas, died Jan. 30, 2018. His ashes will be buried at Highland Cemetery at 11 a.m. April 28.

COLONY — Crest superintendent and principal Chuck Ma-hon will leave the district in July to serve as an elementary school principal in Tonganoxie, according to The Anderson County Review. Mahon has led USD 479 for…

Iola City Council members will be asked Monday to consider rate hikes effective immediately, and again Jan. 1, to help shore up the city’s water fund. The water rate issue has been discussed at length…

Carlyle Presbyterian Church Sixty people heard Myrna Wildschuetz play “I Bowed on My Knees and Cried ‘Holy’” for the prelude Sunday. Pastor Steve Traw’s message, “Back to the Vineyard,” was taken from John 15:1-8. Pastor…

Fort Hays State University students Lisa Wicoff, Iola, and Sara Jackman, Savonburg, have been inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society. Phi Theta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society…

No doubt expectant parents are now mulling the name Tammy Jo for their infant daughters. And for the baby’s room they’ll switch out pink buttons and bows for an aeronautic theme. Kites, balloons and fighter…

At Week’s End Bob Radford introduced me to stock car racing in the early 1960s, back when you could get into the game with an old clunker. I’d seen a couple of races at Lapland,…

My father died last week from a rare form of cancer of the blood plasma called multiple myeloma. His treatments began in September of 2016 and he responded well enough to get out and enjoy…

25 Years Ago April 1993 7 — The biggest winner in Tuesday’s election was the Iola Middle School bond issue. Jerry Skidmore won a seat on the City Commission; Linda Sigg and Chuck Apt were…