Month: May 2010

KINCAID — The old Kincaid High School will be open Memorial Day weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday and Monday. City officials hope people will take advantage of the open house and then…

The Prairie Spirit Trail is Kansas’ 25th state park. The designation will increase its visibility significiantly to potential users.“That’s the biggest advantage,” said Trent McCown, trail manager. “The trail always has been under the Parks…

LaVerne C. Barker, 93, of Hutchinson died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Good Samaritan Center in Hutchinson.  He was born Sept. 12, 1916, in Iola, to Claude and Flossie Jones Barker. He was a graduate…

—— PAID OBITUARY —— Janalyn Chadd, 49, of Neosho Falls, Kan., passed away May 20, 2010, at Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kan.Jan grew up in Nevada, Missouri. She was loved and remembered by all…

The U.S. Forest Service says it may start charging hikers for permits to walk up some of the fourteeners in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Colorado to pay for building and maintaining  the trails…

MADISON — Yates Center High’s Brae Adams and Dylan Sicka won 2010 Kansas Class 1A Regional track event titles Friday.Adams won the regional discus title with a throw of 119 feet, 6 inches. Sicka captured…

OTTAWA — For five innings it was scoreless between Iola High’s Fillies and the Ottawa High Cyclones on Friday.Both team were fighting for a chance to get back to the Class 4A state tournament. They…

Iola High’s Mustangs were locked in a tight semifinal game with Spring Hill High’s Broncos Friday.  They were right there at the door.“We just weren’t able to get the hit we needed in the last…

BURDEN — Uniontown High’s Abbie Smith is a double Class 2A regional event champion. Smith defended her regional titles in the 100-meter high hurdles and in the long  jump.Smith also qualified in the 300-meter hurdles…

YATES CENTER — Welcome to the “why not us” softball regional. Every team in the 2010 Kansas Class 2-1A Regional Softball Tournament had a chance to win it all.Yates Center High’s Wildcats decided it was…