Iola High’s Fillies play at home Saturday. It is the 22nd annual Iola High Invitational volleyball tournament. Iola fans need to pack the house with blue and gold for the Fillies. Saturday is one of…

East is east and west is west. And for anyone who might have noticed the team that was on the east side of the volleyball court in a five-set thriller won sets here Wednesday night.…

Pioneer League bragging rights are up for grabs Friday night. Iola High’s Mustangs step into the new league on the road against Osawatomie High’s Trojans. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at OHS Lynn Dickey Stadium. “Osawatomie…

Teachers have arguably some of the busiest schedules around, and when the going gets tough, little things may fall through the cracks.  It is Brianna Curry’s job to alleviate some of the weight on their…

MORAN — Marmaton Valley High football coach Kent Houk stresses teamwork and commitment from his players, and the results have been impressive. Fresh off a playoff appearance in 2011, the Wildcats have high hopes for…

When the door closes on Humboldt’s half-cent sales tax referendum at high noon Tuesday, Allen County Clerk Sherrie Riebel thinks at least 75 percent of eligible voters will have marked ballots. Through Thursday afternoon 674…

Richard “Dick” Frischenmeyer, 93, retired, self-employed owner of Frischenmeyer “66,” World War II Army veteran and head potato peeler at Neighbors Bar & Grill, passed away Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. He was preceded in death…

Ray Knapp, 79, died Aug. 25, 2012. He was born in Moran and attended Moran High School, after which he served in the Army. He then went to barber college and moved to California, where…

Fred Ellis Anderson, 90, Iola, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, at his home. Fred was born July 24, 1922, in Sedgwick County, the only child of James Henry and Marie Agnes (Grant) Anderson. The family…

Are Kansans better off today than they were in 2008?  That question, multiplied by 49, seems to be key to November’s election results, according to the pundits. Since the answer must be in dollars and…