Month: December 2017

HUMBOLDT — After putting up a strong showing in their season-opening loss to Southern Coffey County on Friday, the Crest girls basketball team regressed a bit in their 56-15 loss versus Erie in the opening…

HUMBOLDT — Whatever Humboldt girls team lost to Eureka on Friday, head coach Aubrey Jones doesn’t really care to meet again. However Tuesday’s team — the one that suffocated Uniontown 52-22 — that’s a team…

HUMBOLDT — On a night where the Cubs found themselves behind the eight-ball early, it was a senior with the experience of a freshman bombing threes that helped Humboldt along to an eventual 55-47 win…

In the Middle Ages, if a young person fancied learning a trade, he or she would indenture themselves to a master.In exchange for learning skills such as blacksmithing, they promised seven years of work for…

Eula Eileen Eggers, 91, Chanute, died Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, at Guest Home Estates in Chanute.A memorial service is at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Humboldt, with the church conducting the…

Mildred May Adams, 77, Garnett, died Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, at Residential Living Center, Garnett.Memorial services will be held at a later date.You may send your condolences to the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.

Myrtle May “Becky” (Thomas) Stafford, 98, Moran, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, at Moran Manor, Moran.She was born April 19, 1919, in Elk Falls, the daughter of John Riley and Hazel May (Wilson)…

Samantha Neill, a 1999 Iola High School graduate and daughter of former IHS Principal David South, has been named the 2018 Kansas Teacher of the Year.The designation was announced Nov. 18 during a ceremony in…

Barring any unforeseen difficulties over the next day or so, Dollar General should open its doors in Gas sometime Wednesday afternoon.“When we open, it will be to our regular hours,” said Tabitha Flanagan, a district…

The eighth-grade varsity was the lone Pony team to walk away with a win on Monday as Iola Middle School hosted Prairie View.The eighth-grade Ponies had trouble stopping the Buffalos defensively, ending the first quarter…