Frank Fuller, a retired John Deere dealer, gave Age to Age Preschool students a ride to remember Tuesday afternoon at Windsor Place.The students lined up to ride in a brand new John Deere tractor, and…

Kansans are at a distinct disadvantage regarding the Affordable Care Act because the state is doing nothing to inform citizens of its implementation on the new health care exchanges.So instead of promoting a plan that…

Mrs. Marietta June Krannich Stevens died Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, in Bethesda Health Care Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park in Grove, Texas.She…

Alberta N. Kendall, 87, of Topeka, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. She was born Oct. 9, 1925 in Foley, Mo., the daughter of Mitchell and Getty Gragg Bunker. She retired from Blue Cross…

Erlin Snodgrass, Shell Knob, Mo., passed away Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Erlin was a former resident of Humboldt and is a cousin of Max Snodgrass and Vada Aikins. His body was donated to the University…

Robert S. “Bob” Vanderman, 59, Colony, passed away Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. A celebration of life will start at 12 p.m., Saturday, 474 W. Geneva St., Colony.

Orel Lloyd Wilson, 95, of Gas, passed away Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 at Iola Nursing Center.Orel was born May 14, 1918, on a farm eight miles east of Colony, the son of A. Lloyd and…

Robert Eugene Sherrill, 85, Iola, passed away at his daughter’s home in Blue Springs, Mo., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Bob was born Dec. 22, 1927, and was a lifelong resident of Iola. He was…

A very good assumption editorialists of moderate stripe have made for years is that term limits are not necessary.They thought, and wrote, that in Kansas, while its governor and the president had term limits, voters…

Josiah F. Colborn, whose wife, Iola, gave her name to our fair city, started Iola’s Masonic Lodge No. 38 in 1863. Current Masons will recognize the lodge’s 150th birthday on Oct. 19, in conjunction with…