Marmaton Valley High’s junior varsity volleyball team claimed the second-place medals in the Iola High 9th/C-team Invitational tournament Saturday. The Wildcats lost to Paola 25-9, 25-15 in the championship match. It was the second time…

HUMBOLDT — Intensity was high for Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs throughout a six-match day at Saturday’s Humboldt High’s B&W Trailer Hitches Volleyball Invitational. That high level of intensity brought a second-place finish and medals for…

Rewards come in many forms. Carol and Joseph Olson find theirs from taking in and caring for foster children.  The Olsons are foster parents through TFI Family Services.  Carol and Joseph married seven years ago…

Gary Hawk’s contributions to the world of art are well known in these parts. He’s gained international renown for his paintings, many of which prominently feature Iola and Allen County. What may not be as…

MORAN — Sixteen precocious young ladies showed off their external beauty Saturday as part of the annual Moran Day celebration. But it will be their inner beauty that’s most important as they grow older, the…

Lloyd Earnest Webber, 88, whose family hails from the Colony and Humboldt areas, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at the Kansas Soldiers Home at Fort Dodge in Dodge City. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Lena Pearl (Dix) Conger, 83, Iola, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at Allen County Hospital. She was born July 7, 1929, in Savonburg, the daughter of George and Dolly (Miller) Dix. She grew up in…

Alisa and B.J. Schwindt, Iola, are the proud parents of Dylan Michael Schwindt.  He was born March 30, 2012, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Hospital in Chanute. Dylan was 9 pounds and 21½ inches long. …

Brandon Clay and Mandy Trester, Humboldt, are the proud parents of Quayd DeWitt Clay.  He was born Sept. 7, 2012. He was 7 pounds and 9 ounces and 20½ inches long.  Quayd’s parental grandparents are…

Larry James Robertson and Shirley Sue Ulrich will celebrate their 50th anniversary.   On Sept. 23, 1962, they were married at Shirley’s parents’ farm in rural Colony.  They were blessed with two children, Dawn Gough…