Month: October 2017

A jury trial for Joshua Knapp, charged with the murder of Iolan Shawn Cook, has been pushed back to January.Allen County District Judge Daniel Creitz approved Wednesday a defense motion to delay the start of…

Occasionally, local fans of the arts are reminded of just how much talent fills the halls of Allen Community College.One such reminder is on display this week, as the ACC drama and music departments present…

The Allen County men’s cross country team headed west over the weekend to compete in the Fort Hays State University Tiger Open on Sunday and left with a first-place finish in the men’s 8K Black…

Marmaton Valley volleyball went 2-2 at the Uniontown Tournament on Saturday. They recorded wins over Yates Center and Galena while falling to Riverton and the host Lady Eagles.The Lady Wildcats opened up the tournament with…

Humboldt volleyball hosted Eureka and Cherryvale on Tuesday falling 0-2 to Eureka before beating Cherryvale 2-0 on Senior Night. In addition to Senior Night, it was also a “Pink-Out.” The team wore pink and raffles…

Senior night did not go how the Iola volleyball team would’ve hoped on Tuesday. The Fillies dropped their final two home matches versus Santa Fe Trail and Osawatomie. Both were emotional, back and forth, three-set…

Between now and June 10 — with emphasis during the session that begins in January — Kansas legislators will come up with a response to the state Supreme Court’s ruling that state funding of education…

Phyllis Ann Bass, 87, Leavenworth, died, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, at the University of Kansas Medical Center.Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the R.L. Leintz Funeral Home in Leavenworth. A funeral…

Roy Francis (Hoss) Barnett, 74, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, at Neosho Regional Memorial Hospital in Chanute.  He was born on March 7, 1943 at St. John’s Hospital, the son of Francis and…

GAS — B&H Freight, a 70-year-old company that has had a terminal in Gas a dozen years, wants to expand.Whether Gas Council members will seize the opportunity won’t be known until their Nov. 14 meeting.…