Month: February 2010

Zula A. Dyer, 67, of Toronto died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Campbell Funeral Home in Yates Center. Interment will…

Infant mortality in Kansas is 20 percent higher, at almost eight for every thousand live births, than the national average of 6.6. The Kan-sas Department of Health and Environment is working with a panel to…

MORAN — Westphalia defeated Marmaton Valley Junior High’s A-team 45-22 Thursday.The Wildcats were down 27-8 at halftime.Garrett Booth scored eight points for the Wildcats. Joey Jefferis had six. Chance Stevenson and Nick Trollope had four…

COLONY — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcat girls recorded their second win of the season at the expense of their hosts, Crest High’s Lady Lancers, Thursday.In a makeup Three Rivers League contest, the Wildcats used a…

COLONY — They waited almost a month to play this game — a Three Rivers League contest between rivals.Crest High’s Lancers got out and ran against Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcats Thursday night. The homestanding Lancers…

OSAWATOMIE — Iola High’s Mustangs hadn’t wrestled for more than a week and a half. They were in a dual meet with host Osawatomie High’s Trojans Thursday.The Trojans won the dual 44-24. The Mustangs won…

Iola High’s Fillies left 11 points on the line Thursday  night. They lost by seven, 38-31, to visiting Labette County High’s Lady Grizzlies.The Fillies shot 15 percent, 2 of 13, from the free-throw line. The…

Iola High’s Mustangs struggle to find ways to win games. For the third game in a row, the Mustangs had a victory in sight only let it slip away.Making up last Friday’s scheduled Southeast Kansas…

There’s plenty of sports on tap — here locally and on television in February. Locally, high school basketball teams are scrambling to find makeup dates for games snowed out.Saturday brings local fans what could be…

Lorenzo Jensen went on a short jaunt several years ago with daughter Nicolle when she was taking flight training lessons and immediately was hooked.“He’s lived and breathed aviation ever since,” Jackie Jensen, his wife, told…