MORAN — Moran council members put together an enabling plan Monday night so residents may provide parking space for recreational vehicles brought to the area by highway and pipeline construction workers.Before a temporary vehicle may…

Wicoff takes FFA Creed to national level Clara Wicoff believes in the future of agriculture. She believes in it so much that she took the National FFA’s creed to heart. That study earned Wicoff fourth…

Allen County Regional sits dormantdue to malfunctioning phone system   When Ron Baker contacted AT&T months ago for updates regarding fiber-optic phone lines to the new hospital, the response was reassuring — “There is nothing…

Wyatt Maston Carlton, 79, Le Roy, was surrounded by his family when he went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, in Iola.He was born on Dec. 1, 1933, to James Calvin…

Wanda J. Close, 86, Iola, passed away Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, at the Moran Manor.Wanda was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Fredonia, the daughter of Archie and Lura (Mozingo) Owen. She grew up in Parsons…

 Still on the table before the House Appropriations Committee is a bill to cut funding to the National Endowment for the Humanities by almost half. If it were realized, it essentially would eliminate the Kansas…

Lillian Clark passed away on Oct. 31, 2013, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a short illness.  She was born on June 19, 1923, in Oklahoma City, a daughter of John and Lillian (Eckroat) King.  Burial…

Betty Louise Johnson, 63, Topeka, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.Betty was born July 13, 1950, in Iola, the daughter of Glen Porter and Louise Matthews Porter.She is survived by her son, Troy Johnson…

Ella Maye Johns, 88, Garnett, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, Garnett. Funeral services…

Deloris “Pauline” Krokstrom, 93, Elsmore, passed away Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, at Moran Manor.Pauline was born Feb. 10, 1920, at rural LaHarpe, the daughter of Frank and Lela (Laver) Brooks.On Sept. 3, 1941, she married…