Engineers recommended Allen County Hospital trustees defer any major changes to Kentucky Street, which will run in front of the new hospital, until its full use is better determined. At their meeting Tuesday night, Phil…

Marmaton Valley High School will present its annual dessert theater at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday with “Southern Hospitality.” Rehearsing a scene from the comedy are, front from left, MaRyiah Cavender, Michael Swift, Vivian Gardner,…

In November 1989, one of the iconic figures of the Cold War — the Berlin Wall — came tumbling down, courtesy of a dissipating Communist government and thousands of protesters demanding their freedom.Watching history unfold…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt High School was evacuated for the final three hours of the school day Tuesday after school officials found a written bomb threat.The threat turned out to be a false alarm. A Kansas…

Essie Mae McNutt, 76, of Colony, died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett. Burial will follow in Richmond…

Dwight Howard Foley, 59, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at Freeman Health System West, Joplin, Mo.Graveside services were today at the National Cemetery in Fort Scott. The Rev. Tom Albers…

Bernice Irene Schlichting, 104, of Yates Center died Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at Yates Center Health and Rehabilitation Center.She was born July 18, 1907, in Berlin, to William Phillip and Carrie Bell (Stewart) Bowers. Bernice…

E.E. “Gene” Sloan, 91, of Humboldt died Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at his home.Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola.Funeral services will be at 1:30…

Virginia Mae Wille, 94, of Iola died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.She was born Jan. 20, 1917, in Yates Center, to Everett and Amy (Rockwell) Shaefer. She grew up in…

Lois E. Flippin, 92, of Iola died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.He was born on Sept. 22, 1919, in Iola, to Newton and Estella (Stewart) Flippin. Lois worked several years…