Brian Pekarek, USD 257 superintendent of schools in waiting, spent Monday here meeting people, asking questions and when the occasion arose adding comments of his own.During a public luncheon, he was told that caring teachers…

Allen County Community College’s softball team opened the MidWest Classic in Oklahoma with a 7-1 win over North Dakota State College Saturday. Then they lost in two shutouts.But the Red Devils turned things around on…

FORT SCOTT — Allen County Community College’s Red Devil baseball team is having a tough time getting into a winning mode in 2011.The Red Devils went 1-3 over the weekend in Jayhawk Eastern Division play…

Marylee Constance Clounch was born Jan. 22, 1929, to Clarence and Stella Cheney in Humboldt. She was the youngest child born to this union. Her mother, father, seven brothers, three sisters, a great-grandson and her…

Shirley Rose Craft, 47, of Iola died Thursday, March 10, 2011, at Via Christi St. Francis Campus in Wichita.She was born May 18, 1963, in New Port Beach, Calif., to Gardner Robert and Beverly Rose…

Glen H. Searcy, 87, of Iola died Friday, March 11, 2011, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.He was born March 10, 1924, in Iola, to Roy and Grace (Harmon) Searcy. He attended Deer Creek…

Sara Staggs and Austin Sicka, Buffalo, announce the birth of a son, Caden Austin Sicka, born March 1, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. He weighed 9 pounds and was 21 inches…

Gov. Sam Brownback used his authority to cut the state budget to the  break-even level all by himself last week, and handed the Legislature his decisions. Because that’s where the money is, Brownback trimmed public…

Iola’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a growing congregation. Popularly known as Mormons, derived from the denomination’s sacred text, the Book of Mormons, local church members follow a faith that to outsiders…

Former Iolan Jesse Cooper, 24, remains in critical condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center today from extensive injuries he suffered in a traffic accident at 6 a.m. Saturday.Trina DeMeritt, 35, Erie, died when…