Month: February 2019

The Iola United Methodist Women met Jan. 24. Gerry Uphoff noted the call to prayer and self-denial offering will go toward Building a Thriving Generation of Children and Youth Worldwide. Members suggested skipping at least…

Vehicles collide John G. Wilkins, 66, was backing from a parking stall in the 100 block of East Jackson Avenue Thursday afternoon, when he collided with a westbound car driven by Emily Crabtree, 28. Neither…

Are you itching to get out of the house and do something productive in the landscape? If you have fruit trees, then now is the time to prune. A little planning ahead with fruit trees…

Leslie “Les” Wayne Barnett Sr., age 87, of Iola, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019 at Windsor Place. He was born in Geneva, to Donald H. Barnett and Elizabeth A. Heinz. Leslie served…

Women’s health can be directly tied to the burden of household responsibilities. In a 2016 study, researchers found that women are more often the primary parent of children, the one who determines family healthcare decisions,…

Freda Maxine Morlan, age 99, of Iola, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, at Allen County Hospital, Iola. She was born Jan. 1, 1920, in rural Erie, the daughter of Luther Everett and Mary…

Of all the parts of the human body, the stubby little discs between the bones in the spine represent one of the more remarkable feats of nature’s design. Consisting of tough, rubbery rings of collagen…

Marvin and Reta Stanley, Elsmore, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. They have been an Allen County farming family during that time, residing at their present farm for the past…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt’s erratic and inconsistent play in Monday night’s 78-50 blowout win over Cherokee-Southeast in the Class 2A Sub-State opener brought a certain monster of book and screen to the mind of Cub head…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas have wedded a popular proposal to cut taxes on groceries to a GOP income tax relief bill in hopes of winning over skeptical colleagues and making Democratic…