Around Town

The Rev. Phyllis Stutzman, pastor at Emporia’s Presbyterian Church, will address the Allen County Democratic Party at 6 p.m. Thursday at the John Silas Bass North Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye, in Iola. Stutzman’s topic…

Kyser Nemecek, a 17-year-old junior at Iola High School, told Kiwanis Club members Tuesday about his 4-H livestock judging team’s successes at state and national contests in recent months and its plan to visit Scotland,…

The week of April 22 the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) expects to start a mudjacking project that includes various locations in Allen, Bourbon, Coffey, Franklin, Greenwood, Labette, Miami, Neosho, Osage and Wilson counties. Mudjacking…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s message Sunday at Colony Christian Church was “Caught,” was from John 8:1-11. There are several ways to get caught up in sin. We can be deceived into going against God’s word, we…

Pastor Steve Traw’s sermon at Carlyle Presbyterian Church, “What’s in a Name?” comes from the scripture Exodus 3:11-15. God told Moses, a shepherd, he would bring the Jews out of exile in Egypt. He promised…

MANHATTAN — The National Endowment for the Humanities is supporting Kansas State University’s Land Treaties Project to produce educational materials that tell the history of Kansas’s land acquisition and the removal of the Kaw Nation.…

City Slickers 4-H met March 10 at the Riverside Party Community Building.   After reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H Pledge, the club sang “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” Roll call, “What are you…

Kalibre Smith, a senior at Iola High School, recently received a 1-rating for his violin solo at a regional competition in Independence. The 1-rating is the highest score a musician can receive in a solo…

The Prairie Dell 4-H Club met April 1. For roll call members answered with their favorite flower.  Lizzy Michael gave a talk on the Clothing Buymanship project. The club will meet again at 7 p.m.,…

WAMEGO — Members of 620 Athletics competed in Wamego the weekend of April 6-7 in a meet hosted by CATTS Gymnastics. The meet had over 400 gymnasts competing. The 620 Athletics competitive squad is made…