Month: December 2010

ST. PAUL — Uniontown High’s Eagle girls and boys opened Three Rivers League play on the road Tuesday against St. Paul High’s Indians. The home teams claimed the victories.“We shot ourselves in the foot during…

LE ROY — At home Tuesday night, Southern Coffey County High’s Lady Titans and Titans captured their first Lyon County League victories of the season.First, the Lady Titans dominated the Marais Des Cygnes Valley High…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s Wildcat teams came up short in getting wins in the final games before Christmas Tuesday.The Wildcat squads dropped decisions to visiting Jayhawk-Linn High’s Jayhawks.The Jayhawk-Linn boys opened their game against…

YATES CENTER — An untimely dry spell on offense did in Yates Center High’s girls Tuesday.The Wildcats, who put together what their head coach called their best basketball of the season earlier in the game,…

YATES CENTER — They have some little things to work on — free throws and not hurrying shots, for example — but Yates Center High’s boys showed they have the grit to overcome an early…

Turnovers cut into possessions, which means Iola High’s Mustangs are denying themselves opportunities to score.The Mustangs once again turned the basketball over 20-plus times Tuesday night. That translated into a 60-34 loss to visiting Parsons…

Playing in front of a home crowd for the first time this season, Iola High’s Fillies were poised when Parsons High’s Lady Vikings made a late charge at them Tuesday.The Fillies nailed down a 38-30…

It has become as much a part of local Decembers as Christmas and cold weather.With the conclusion of the firearm season for deer hunters comes the tradition — illegal, mind you — of dumping deer…

Allen County commissioners spent nearly $550,000 Tuesday morning to upgrade the fleet of heavy equipment used by Public Works Department employees. Money in equipment funds is sufficient for the purchases.Both purchases, a motor grader for…

Iola may get new housing next year through the efforts of inmates at the Kansas Department of Corrections facility in Hutchinson.City Administrator Judy Brigham told Commissioner Bill Shirley and Mayor Bill Maness — Commissioner Craig…