Lyman D. Baldwin, 53, Iola, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Allen County Hospital after battling cancer several years. Lyman was born May 26, 1958, in Iola, the son of William J. and Shirlee E.…

Wanda M. Ensminger, 97, Moran, passed away Friday, May 25, 2012, at Tara Gardens, Iola.  Wanda was born Nov. 17, 1914 at Moran, the daughter of Ernest J. Baker and Clara (Manbeck) Baker. She was…

Geraldine Setterstrom Lacy, 94, Iola, died Sunday, May 27, 2012, at Iola Nursing Center. Geraldine was born July 26, 1917, at Elsmore, the daughter of Wilbert and Stella (Nelson) Setterstrom. She graduated from Elsmore High…

Samuel Niemeyer, 77, Iola, died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Allen County Hospital. Sam was born on a farm southeast of Gas Nov. 1, 1934. He attended Iola High School through his junior year and…

When Gov. Sam Brownback signed his massive income tax reduction bill last week, a handout was distributed predicting that the tax cut would produce 23,000 new jobs in the state by 2020, over and above…

MANHATTAN — Standing between Humboldt High’s Cubs and a state tournament trophy were the Salina Sacred Heart High Knights. Deja vu for Humboldt High baseball history fans. Two years ago the Cubs and Knights squared…

WICHITA — Crest High’s Jordan Morton just got into the finals of the Kansas Class 1A boys’ javelin finals Saturday morning. He was sitting in eighth place with a throw of 157 feet, 8 inches.…

WICHITA — Hurdles are no problem for Sam Aguirre. Aguirre, a Yates Center High junior, has found his stride running the high and intermediate hurdle races. For the second consecutive year, Aguirre was on the…

Ricky and Traci Yeager, Le Roy, announce the engagement and pending marriage of their daughter, Ashley Nichole Yeager, Le Roy, to Robert Lynn Cook, Moran. The couple will be married Aug. 4, 2012, in Iola.…

Four people died on Mt. Everest last Saturday. They were among 208 climbers on the mountain. A Nepalese mountaineering official called it a traffic jam. Climbers were stuck in what is called the death zone…