A Kansas icon, A.B. Hudson, has left more than $60 million to the Shriners Hospitals for Children, the largest donation in the organization’s 90-year history.Hudson’s daughter, Michele Rothe, and other family members, as well as…

Iola City Council members will gather tonight at Riverside Park’s New Community Building for a strategic planning session, conducted by City Administrator Carl Slaugh.Unlike other council meetings, tonight’s session will have no agenda items, nor…

HUMBOLDT — When the modifieds roar down the straightaway Wednesday through Saturday at Humboldt Speedway, Iolan Scott Stewart will be looking for a friendly face in the crowd.For 28 years Stewart has announced races at…

Humboldt will be a hotbed of dirt track racing this week when the U.S. Modified Touring Series brings as many as 100 of the top cars and drivers in the nation for a four-day event…

Mark and Sue Seely of Louisburg announce the engagement and pending marriage of their daughter, Markie Jo Seely, to Levi Dean West, son of Gary and Debbie West of Kincaid. The bride-elect graduated from Louisburg…

Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Fla., was the May 25 setting for the marriage of Kevin Wayne Snyder and Tiffany Lane Bunt. The uncle of the bride, Dr. David Yeager, Bloomington, Ind., performed the…

Todd Willis, Iola, and Jacqueline Hughes, Chanute, were married at the home of Dan and Angie Willis in Iola on Sept. 17, 2011. The bride is the daughter of Chong Stephenson, Chanute. She is a…

Dear Editor:   The trustees of the soon to be built Allen County Hospital, representing current as well as future generations of Allen County residents, thank the elected officials of the City of Iola for their…

Herman Cain shot to the top of the polls over the past couple of weeks, powered by his 9-9-9 cure-all. The former pizza executive would repeal all of the nation’s tax laws and replace them…

COLONY — Finishing the season with a sweep of volleyball matches was Marmaton Valley Junior High’s Wildcats. The Wildcats’ A-team beat host Crest Middle School 25-11, 25-8 Thursday evening. Ashylynn Pinkerton served for 18 points.…