High School Volleyball: Fillies 2, Lady Tornados 0; Fillies 2, Lady Yellowjackets 0 Iola Filly volleyball took a big step Tuesday night, grabbing two non-league sweeps over Fredonia and Eureka. Iola beat Eureka, a team…
HS Tennis: Iola Iola tennis wrapped up their regular season Tuesday night in Pittsburg. Despite the fact that their final set of matches versus Chanute were canceled due to rain, the Fillies finished third overall.…
LaHarpes Sandy Northcutt pulled a 43-pound watermelon from her garden this week. Northcutt recruited her great-granddaughter, Elcie Manbeck, to show off the prize melon. COURTESY PHOTO
Jeff and Tonda Wolfe, Juneau, Alaska, announce the birth of a daughter, Bara Oaka Wolfe, born at 1:32 p.m., Sept. 4, 2018. Oaka weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and was 20 inches long.…
Sutton Christopher Sparks, son of Shawn and Aubrey Sparks, Lawrence, was born Nov. 29, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Sutton weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces, and was 20½ inches long. He has two siblings, Sadie…
YATES CENTER Martha Fitzmaurice lifted a narrow bundle of soft, white wool with her right hand, pulling sections toward her left hand whose nimble fingers grabbed small amounts, adding tiny portions to a thin,…
54 Years Ago September 1964 Dale Creitz, coordinator of music in the Iola public schools, was named coordinator of fine arts for the new Bowlus Fine Arts Center last night at a meeting of the board…
Rehearsals for Iolas Christmas Vespers concert begin at about 8:15 Wednesday evening in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center choir room. Choir members are asked to enter through the east door, then take the elevator down…
Allen County Wings of Warriors met Sept. 7 at the Gas Community Center. Seven members attended. Since July, 17 people have received a combined $3,000 in assistance. The Fair Committee reported 136 visitors stopped by…
Kansans seeking health insurance through the Affordable Care Acts federally run exchange will have the choice of three insurers in 2019. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer said in a statement that Blue Cross and Blue…