Isabell Pliler wheeled the bus into Norma Finch’s drive at the south edge of LaHarpe and tooted the horn. It took Finch a minute to climb aboard. First she had to shoo away a couple…

Pauline Herder Carson Swain, 95, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in McPherson.After graduating from high school she went to work in El Dorado in her sister-in-law’s cafe where she met her husband Lewis Carson. They…

Eugene Leo Weber, 45, a resident of Bronson, died Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, at his home due to a house fire.  He was born Dec. 10, 1968, in Iola, to Leo A. and Bernadine Speer…

Marion Lee Roeder, 73, of rural Colony died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.He was born April 20, 1937, in Wichita, to Charles and Elizabeth Roeder. At 7, he moved to…

Bria Wilkins and Mark Kettle, Lawrence, are planning an April 30 wedding in Highland Park in Chanute.The bride-elect is the daughter of John Wilkins, Carol Wilkins and John Shores. She is a graduate of Iola…

A Special Memory Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nev., was the 2 p.m. Jan. 5 setting for the wedding of Shannon Nicole Hunt and Andrew Scott Patterson, both of Iola. The Rev. Debra Orroco of…

It’s heartening to see the number of candidates who have filed for city council.Still, a fuller slate would be nice.Our cynical nature does elected officials a bum rap.Most people who serve aren’t there to throw…

LINCOLN — Allen County Community College’s athletes opened the 2011 indoor track season last weekend at the University of Nebraska Holiday Inn Invitational.Sophomore Kyran Stewart had the top performance of the day. Stewart finished third…

Lenexa textile artist Ada Niedenthal is adept at traditional quilting methods —  just don’t call her a quilter.Niedenthal, whose machine-pieced fabric wall hangings range in size from about a foot square to more than three…

A fortuitous trip to a local convenience store helped fit Joshua Eagle with a hero’s cap Tuesday evening.Eagle, a Pittsburg resident who was visiting a friend in Iola this week, was the first on the…