Joycelyn Lea (Boyd) Butler, 72, passed away in Emporia on July 3, 2013.She was born to Cecil A. and Bernice L. Butler in Melvern on April 29, 1941. She graduated from Neosho Falls High School.She…

James Richard Holmes, 90, Garnett, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2013, at Golden Heights in Garnett. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett. Burial will follow…

Espin A. “Ep” French, 92, Scipio, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013, at Richmond Healthcare and Rehab in Richmond.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Scipio. Burial will…

Marlene Kay (Robinson) Connolly, 59, Iola, formerly of Fredonia, died Saturday, July 6, 2013, at her daughter’s home in Iola. She was born May 3, 1954 in Wichita, the daughter of Ivan and Carlyn (Jones)…

Warren Mark Pierson, 80, LaHarpe, died Monday, July 8, 2013, at Via Christi St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita.Warren was born Aug. 23, 1932, in Gas, the son of Mark Othello and Margaret Agnes (Titmus)…

Alice Fay Hardwick, 76, Iola, passed away Sunday, July 7, 2013, at her home.Fay was born Jan. 10, 1937, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Henry H. and Josephine Alice (Thurston) Fawcett. The family moved…

While still asleep in the pre-dawn hours, at least 30 Nigerian children were slain.Their crime? Wanting to learn. Islamic militants attacked the boarding school bearing guns and machetes. Most of the children who tried to…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt will apply to place the bandstand in its city square park on the National Register of Historic Places.City Administrator Larry Tucker originally proposed to put all of the park — including water…

Iola youths took a step into the Wild West during the Bowlus Heritage Arts Camp on Monday morning.This week campers will learn all about the western lifestyle from 8:30 a.m. to noon. On Monday students…

If you want to absolutely thrill your youngsters, consider trying for the creative playhouse Iolan Mike Barnes has built.Right out of an amusement park, the house is anything but square — at least in nature.“I…