The Iola Tree Board will offer up a variety of saplings once again Saturday for its annual fall tree sale.Eight different varieties of trees will be sold, including oak, Cleveland select pear, aristocrat pear and…

Plants and flowers have been an integral part of Don Hillbrant’s life for roughly three quarters of a century.He credits his green thumb to his grandfather, Pryor Heath, and aunt, Edith McClanahan, “who could grow…

Laken Lee Culver, son of Joe and Shannon Culver, Yates Center, was born Sept. 14, 2010, at Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. He weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19 1/2 inches long. He…

Richard “Dick” Steele, 95, of Farlington, who played in Iola Municipal Band for several seasons, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, at home.He was born Sept. 11, 1915, in Collinsville, Okla., to Francis Pratt and Rosalie…

Mary Ann Bass, 51, of Iola died Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita.She was born April 24, 1959, in Marshfield, Mo., to Joe and Mary Arline…

Q: Are there environmental issues with the site selected for the new hospital?A: Yes, but the environmental issues can easily be dealt with. Six other new buildings have recently been constructed in the same area…

Voters will find two constitutional amendments on their Nov. 2 ballots. One will eliminate mental illness as a reason to take away a citizen’s right to vote. Another will give individual Kansans the right under…

UNIONTOWN —  The Uniontown High junior varsity volleyball team hosted a triangular meet Monday with Jayhawk-Linn and Pleasanton.Uniontown beat Pleasanton 25-22, 25-17. Shelby Newman served for 13 points. Ambar Abrego had five kills and Taylor…

LE ROY — Two touchdowns by Marais Des Cygnes Valley High’s Trojans in the final six minutes of the third quarter were enough to separate themselves from host Southern Coffey County High’s Titans Friday night.The…

GARNETT — Uniontown High’s Eagles and the Yates Center High’s Wildcats were hard pressed on a cool, sunny day on the golf course Monday.Yates Center finished eighth, 537, and Uniontown was ninth, 549, in the…