The fight for justice rings on Doing the right thing, day in and day out, carries forward Martin Luther King’s rallying cries for justice, said David Toland, as the speaker for the MLK program Monday…

Ruth Yowell, 90, Humboldt, passed away Jan. 21, 2013, at Windsor Place in Iola.Services are pending.Memorials in her name may be made to Home Health and Hospice in Iola and may be left with the…

Reva Marie Williams, 61, Ottawa, passed away Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa. Memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at COF Training Services, 1516 N. Davis Ave., Ottawa. Graveside service…

Jeffrey Jackson, 55, Elsmore, passed away Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at his home.Jeff was born June 17, 1957, in Iola, to Oliver Conrad and Lorella (Brown) Jackson. He graduated from Marmaton Valley High School in…

Gertrude Evelyn (Johnson) Riley, 72, Iola, passed away Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita. Gertrude was born the daughter of Sveinn S. Johnson and Donna Evelyn (Abbott) Johnson on March…

President Barack Obama started paragraphs with three words, “We, the people,” time after time in his second inaugural speech Monday.It was a call to the nation’s Republicans to set aside partisanship and work with the…

Micah Jack Hull was born Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in San Jose, Mexico. He weighs 9 pounds, 11 ounces and is 21 inches long. His parents are Mary and Michael Hull, Cabo San Lucas. Micah…

Austin L. Reser, 16, Yates Center, died in a traffic accident late Sunday afternoon on 800 Street about two miles southwest of Humboldt.He was a passenger in a car driven by Kody A. Ratcliff, 16,…

SAVONBURG — The Savonburg Public Library is the smallest library in southeast Kansas. It is a small, white building on the main street, nestled against a public meeting room and a basketball court. Its diminutive…

Allen Community College women pulled together as a team Saturday afternoon in a thrilling victory over a strong Coffeyville Community College team.“I’ve never been more proud of a group of kids,” head coach Mark James…